NM woman who caged girl to get counseling
Counseling is part of the sentence for a New Mexico woman who admitted locking her 8-year-old niece with developmental disabilities in a wooden cage and leaving her alone while other family members left to watch a movie.
The Las Cruces Sun-News (http://bit.ly/PAD9tq) reports a judge sentenced 34-year-old Cindy Patriarchias in state District Court in Las Cruces on Wednesday.
Judge Fernando Macias sentenced Patriarchias to a six-year suspended sentence with credit for 116 days of time served.
Macias also ordered her to complete a rehabilitation program that provides counseling and other services.
Patriarchias pleaded guilty in December to two counts of felony child abuse.
