Mother sentenced to over 17 years, after 4-year-old found emaciated

Ohio mom sentenced to 15 years in prison relating to abuse of infant daughter

LAKE COUNTY, Ohio (Scripps News Group) – A Lake County mother was sentenced to 15 years in prison on felony charges related to injuring her infant child in 2024. Judge Patrick J. Condon sentenced Megan Bayko of Painesville to serve five 36-month sentences consecutively, one for each count of child endangerment she faced. “We’re happy that she got all 15 years,” said Jennifer Kvoriak, Makenna Rae’s grandmother. “That’s what we wanted and justice …

Mother locks up 4-year-old for 9 months; sentenced to over 17 years

A mother has been sentenced to over 17 years in prison after leaving her 4-year-old without food or water for months.

Mother sentenced to over 17 years, after 4-year-old found emaciated

MEMPHIS, Tenn. —  A Memphis mother is going to prison for 17 and a half years for abusing her four-year-old son, according to the Shelby Co. District Attorney's Office.  DaJuana Brown Thomas pleaded guilty to charges of aggravated child abuse under the age of eight. Police say her son was kept in isolation for nine months and the inside [...]