Iowa woman sentenced after confining boy beneath stairs
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An Iowa woman convicted on charges related to confining her boyfriend's 8-year-old son under basement stairs has been sentenced to jail and a small fine.
The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports Traci Lynn Tyler was sentenced Friday to up to a year in jail, following her April 10 conviction on misdemeanor false imprisonment. She had been charged with kidnapping but a judge convicted her of the lesser charge.
Prosecutors say Tyler and the boy's father, Alex Shadlow, locked the child in a space beneath the basement stairs of their Ackley home for at least nine hours a day in summer 2017. The boy told authorities he slept on concrete.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Because Tyler served 266 days in jail before her conviction, she may only serve another three months. That time could be reduced for good behavior. She was fined $315.
Shadlow is awaiting trial.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Information from: Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, http://www.wcfcourier.com