A young mother was sentenced to two to ten years in the penitentiary for an attack on an incapacitated woman she was caring for.
Natasha Grimes, 26, told a judge she was sorry she beat 29-year-old Christina Starcher in the home the women were sharing.
Grimes and her two children were living with Starcher and Grimes cared for the woman during her recuperation from back surgery. Police were called to the home September 25 and found Starcher lying in the doorway with cuts, bruises and missing clumps of hair.
She was arrested and charged with first-degree robbery after authorities said she attempted to steal prescription medications from the woman and left the house with her cell phone and debit cards.
The robbery charge was dropped when Grimes accepted a plea agreement from prosecutors and pleaded guilty to abuse.
She told the judge at her plea hearing that she was under the influence of alcohol when she beat Starcher. A prosecutor said then that Grimes threatened to kill Starcher, assaulted her and held her down with her knee.
Kanawha Circuit Judge Louis "Duke" Bloom told her, "It was an act of violence that has had an impact beyond you. I don't know if an alternative sentence is appropriate for this kind of conduct."
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Young Mother Sentenced For Beating Incapacitated Woman
She should have to do the whole 10 years. I hope she doesn't get out early.
ReplyDeleteNatasha Grimes makes me sick.
ReplyDeleteWas abuse the lesser crime? Is that why she plea bargained?
ReplyDeleteIt just amazes me how cruel people can be. Shame on every one of them.
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