EAST ST. LOUIS • A babysitter from East St. Louis has been charged with child endangerment, and police say she drank alcohol and smoked crack and marijuana while a 3-year-old girl was in her care.

Markee V. Garner, 46, was charged Wednesday with three misdemeanor counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Her male companion, Everette E. Cole, 50, of East St. Louis, was charged with three misdemeanor counts of child endangerment and one count of obstructing identification, a misdemeanor. Police said he drank alcohol and smoked marijuana while the girl was with him and gave a false name to an East St. Louis detective after he was arrested.

The girl, Ronesha Milner, had been missing in East St. Louis since Monday afternoon and turned up safe Tuesday morning at a Foot Locker in East St. Louis. Police said Garner had been watching the girl while the girl's mother was at work. At some point Garner lost the child and at some point she was left in the care of another person. That person saw news reports of the missing girl Tuesday morning and contacted police.

Garner's bail was set at $25,000 and Cole's was set at $20,000.

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