A suburban woman who gave her 9-year-old granddaughter two glasses of gin so the woman could go out to celebrate her 47th birthday was sentenced Thursday to 30 days of electronic home monitoring, with 335 days in prison stayed for two years.

Joanne DeLoach, convicted of child endangerment, had hoped the girl would pass out so she could leave the Bloomington apartment for the night instead of continuing to babysit the child, police said. The incident occurred Aug. 31, and the girl's mother was working a 12-hour shift, police said.

The girl told Bloomington officers that after drinking the gin she vomited, hit her head and blacked out. When the girl's mother returned home about 7:30 p.m., the girl was home alone on the couch, police Cmdr. Jim Ryan said.

A portable breath test showed she had a blood-alcohol level of 0.042 percent more than eight hours after drinking the gin.

....What a piece of work this woman is.....

A 60-year-old electrician allegedly tried to electrocute his wife while she showered in their Oshawa home over the weekend, Durham Regional Police say.

The woman said she sustained several electrical shocks when adjusting the taps in the shower on Sunday. When she complained to her husband, he allegedly told her it was a build up of static electricity.

The next day she discovered a section of drywall missing and electrical wires attached to the plumbing in the bathroom.

Police allege that when she confronted her husband, he choked her almost to unconsciousness.

When the man left the house, the woman contacted police.

Clarington cops saw the suspect driving a red Grand Am eastbound in the Hwy. 2-Regional Rd. 57 area, and activated their lights and sirens.

The driver didn't pull over and a chase -- reaching speeds in excess of 170 km/h -- ensued. Safety concerns prompted the officers to call off the chase.

The suspect was spotted driving in Port Hope a short while later, where cops arrested him without further incident.

Police said officers found a note on the passenger's seat that read: "I am so sorry for everything that has happened."

The note continued: "You are a good woman and none of this is your fault. You deserve better than I could be."

Police did not release the name of the man who is charged with mischief endangering life, aggravated assault, assault causing bodily harm and failing to stop for police.