Middletown woman pleads no contest in death of infant son, will be sentenced in June
A Middletown woman has pleaded no contest to charges that she was responsible for the death of her infant son at their residence in the borough Dec. 30, 2016.
Arissa Katelyn Ward, 24, pleaded no …
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Middletown woman pleads no contest in death of infant son, will be sentenced in June
A Middletown woman has pleaded no contest to charges that she was responsible for the death of her infant son at their residence in the borough Dec. 30, 2016.
Arissa Katelyn Ward, 24, pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of involuntary manslaughter and endangering the welfare of children April 2 in Dauphin County Court before Judge William Tully, according to online court records.
Ward is scheduled to be sentenced June 11.
According to arrest papers filed by borough police, Ward told police she had been drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana before she lay down on the couch with her son at their residence in the 300 block of Lawrence Street on Dec. 30.
Ward told police that she thought she had rolled over on the boy, who was two months and five days old at the time.