BEATRICE, Neb. (AP) – A 22-year-old Beatrice woman has been convicted on two counts of child abuse for negligence after making a plea deal with prosecutors.
Tieghshia “Teesha” Udell made her pleas Thursday.
Court records say Udell pleaded no contest to the two counts and guilty to one count of driving on a suspended license. In return, prosecutors reduced the abuse charges from felonies and dismissed a third count.
Sentencing is set for Feb. 2.
Police say that on one of the occasions, on Oct. 5, Udell’s neighbors found her 3-year-old son wandering in the parking lot of their apartment complex at 2 a.m., calling for his mother.
Udell later told officers that she’d left the boy sleeping in the apartment while she drove home an intoxicated friend.