FORSYTH COUNTY, N.C. — A Forsyth County woman was convicted Thursday of abusing her five-month-old twin sons by failing to bathe them and leaving them in their carriers, resulting in rashes and bug bites on their bodies. Megan Marie Sterenczak, 26, entered Alford pleas in Forsyth Superior Court to two counts of misdemeanor child abuse and two counts of misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency of a child. The Alford pleas mean that Sterenczak didn’t admit guilt but acknowledged that Forsyth County prosecutors had enough evidence to convict her if the case had gone to trial. Sterenczak was initially charged with two felony counts of negligent child abuse inflicting serious physical injury. As part of the plea arrangement, Sterenczak was allowed to plead guilty to the two misdemeanor child abuse charges. Judge Edwin Wilson of Forsyth Superior Court consolidated the four charges into two. Wilson gave Sterenczak two consecutive sentences of 60 days in jail. He suspended those sentences and placed her on 24 months of supervised probation. On Sept. 10, 2013, the twin’s grandmother took the babies to Pioneer Medical Center in King, Assistant District Attorney Kia Chavious said in court. Doctors found that the brothers had rashes on their neck that appeared infected. They also had bug bites. According to indictments, they had bug bites on their back and thighs.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 19:13:33 +0000
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