
(AP) — A 56-year-old Sidney woman has been given two years of probation and 94 days in jail for misdemeanor negligent child abuse.
Judge Derek Weimer sentenced Nancy Gipfert last week, following her conviction in November on a lesser charge.
The case stemmed from an incident in September 2011, when a 2-month-old child she’d been caring for at her in-home day care was taken to a hospital. The infant suffered from bleeding around his brain, brain damage and hemorrhages in his eyes.
Weimer ordered Gipfert to spend the first 90 days of her probation in jail. She also must serve July 12 and Sept. 13 in jail this year and next year. She was fined $1,000 and ordered to serve 500 hours of community service.