COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — A husband and wife received 10-year prison sentences after pleading guilty to severe neglect that left their toddler near death.
Rathdrum residents Ashley Y. Lipscomb, 33, and Matthew L. Lipscomb, 40, pleaded guilty in accordance with Alford earlier this year to injury to a child, a felony.
By entering Alford pleas, they did not admit guilt but acknowledged there is enough evidence to convict them if the case went to trial.
Judge Barbara Duggan sentenced the pair Tuesday to 10 years in prison each, the maximum possible sentence for the crimes, with three years fixed and the rest indeterminate. That means the Lipscombs will be eligible for parole in about three years.
The charges stem from 2022, when Matthew Lipscomb brought the couple’s “severely malnourished” 2-year-old son to Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane.
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