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Custer County Officials Drop 2 Charges Against South Dakota Woman

gavel-and-scaleBROKEN BOW, Neb. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped two felony counts against an unlicensed midwife in the 2011 death of a Nebraska newborn.

Prosecutors dropped charges of negligent and intentional child abuse resulting in death against 67-year-old Judy Jones, of Irene, South Dakota. Jones had been arraigned on those charges on Nov. 20.

Prosecutors did not give a reason for dismissing the charges.

Jones still faces charges of manslaughter, practicing without a license and criminal impersonation.

Authorities say a baby Jones helped deliver in rural Custer County who died shortly after he was born. Investigators say Jones failed to perform tests or contact a doctor when the child stopped breathing.

Jones was ordered to stop practicing medicine in Nebraska in 1999. South Dakota authorities issued a similar order.

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