Child Abuse Case: Grandmother’s Sentence Suspended

suspended today margaret edmond was given 18 months probation after pleading guilty to child abuse charges in district court you’ll remember we reported on this story back in january. according to police, a security camera in the home revealed a dog showed more interest in the 11 month old baby then anyone in the family did abc-7’s jamie warren is live with details from our new mexico mobile newsroom. jamie? defense attorney george harrison told the judge today edmond greatly regrets what she did edmond told judge marci beyers that she was sorry for what happened to her grandchild. her defense attorney said edmond has been working hard doing a lot of volunteer work and receiving counseling since the incident. a prosecutor reminded the judge that edmond repeatedly slapped the baby’s hands and shoved him down roughly inside the crib according to detectives the baby was only taken out of the crib for about one hour every day when edmond was given the chance to speak before the judge, her one request was to see her son. margaret edmonds: “if its possible with you maam i would really truly would like to go see my son today its his birthday.” george harrison defense attorney: “she was in a bad situation the children were living with her and doing drugs and she was left to care for a young baby she did something she greatly regret.” edmond’s son who’s also the baby’s father was arrested in january on child abuse and meth charges. he remains incarcerated. live in las cruces with our new mexico mobile newsroom jamie warren abc7 guilty of murder! the young woman convicted of killing a man during a drug deal