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York Man to Be Sentenced for Child Abuse

child-abuse(AP) — A York man who prosecutors say placed his baby daughter in the care of her drunken mother faces sentencing on July 1.

James Collingham made a deal with prosecutors, who lowered the child abuse charge to a misdemeanor.

County Attorney Candace Dick says the baby was born in December. Police and firefighters were sent to the woman’s apartment in March after neighbors reported smelling smoke. Dick says officers found the baby’s mother passed out, the baby in a stroller and a pan of food burning on the stove.

Dick says Collingham told officers that he and the woman had been drinking but he didn’t know she was drunk when he left her with the baby.

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