Carson City Couple Arrested for Child Abuse
A couple in Carson City was arrested last week after they allegedly locked a five-year old boy and a three-year old boy in a boarded-up bedroom for an extended period. The five-year old had black eyes and the three-year old had an infected wound on his face. The boys are now in protective custody.
The couple was charged with felony child abuse with substantial bodily harm, false imprisonment, and with breaking Nevada child neglect, abuse and endangerment laws (NRS 200.508). Child abuse occurs when a person causes someone under eighteen to endure unjustifiable physical or mental pain.
If the suspect carried no similar previous convictions, didn’t harm the child willfully, and if no substantial bodily harm resulted, then Nevada child neglect, abuse and endangerment laws make it a gross misdemeanor, carrying up to a year in jail and maybe a $2,000 fine. But if the suspect had previous convictions, then Nevada child neglect, abuse and endangerment laws make it a category C felony, carrying one to five years in prison and maybe a $10,000 fine.
