Couple accused of waiting hours to call for help after toddlers ate 20 hemp gummies, authorities say

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Gray News) - A Kentucky couple is accused of waiting hours to call for help after toddlers ate 20 hemp gummies, according to authorities.Courtney Johnson, 30, was arrested in July after her 3-year-old and her 4-year-old children were hospitalized for allegedly eating hemp-infused gummies, police said.A special victims investigator spoke with Johnson, who said she had opened a new container of 25 “hemp-infused gummies” and took one before going to sleep, WDKY reported.Authorities said the two children were taken to a hospital where they were unconscious.An arrest citation alleged that, instead of putting the gummies back where the children couldn’t reach, Johnson said she “likely left [them] on my bathroom sink,” where the children allegedly found and ate about 20 of them.Since her arrest, Johnson has made multiple accusations that her husband, 33-year-old Sean East, was the one who left the gummies in an unsecured location.East was arrested on July 26 for an unrelated w