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Newark Man Sentenced For Locking Child In Basement

newarkadvocate.com

A Newark man charged with repeatedly locking the 6-year-old son of his girlfriend in an unfinished basement will serve four years in prison after pleading no contest to a child endangering charge. 39-year-old Joshua Bergeron will also serve an additional two years after pleading no contest to a weapons charge. The child's mother, Angel Abrams, is scheduled to be tried in May. The boy is in the custody of children services.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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