Shelley Richter; Missouri; Babysitter released pending appeal of her conviction for endangering the welfare of a child. (5 year sentence); Richter always has told authorities she dropped the boy as she fell, after tripping over a toddler who had walked behind her. But prosecutors said she shook Lane and hit his head. News Tribune;

STORY: "Babysitter sentenced for endangering welfare of child," by reporter Bob Watson, published by the News Tribune on March 17, 2015.

GIST: "Cole County Presiding Circuit Judge Pat Joyce sentenced Shelley Richter on Tuesday afternoon to five years in prison for her December conviction of endangering the welfare of a child. But she won’t go to prison right away. Richter, now 44, was released from custody after posting a $10,000 appeals bond while her attorney, Shane Farrow, appeals her conviction and sentence to the Missouri appeals court. A babysitter with an in-home day care business in Taos, Richter was charged after an Aug. 19, 2010, incident where Lane Schaefer, then 7 months old, suffered severe head injuries. Richter always has told authorities she dropped the boy as she fell, after tripping over a toddler who had walked behind her. But prosecutors said she shook Lane and hit his head. The boy suffered severe brain injuries and is legally blind.  Prosecutors originally charged Richter with child abuse and child endangerment, both felonies. But a six-man, six-woman Cole County jury deliberated just over 5½ hours in March 2013 before convicting her only of the child endangerment charge. Joyce ordered a second trial because a November 2010 sheriff’s report of a new hotline call investigation involving the boy — three months after the initial incident — never was provided to the prosecution or defense before the 2013 trial. Last December, an eight-man, four-woman jury deliberated for nearly 8½ hours before returning that second guilty verdict."

The entire story can be found at:

http://www.newstribune.com/news/2015/mar/17/shelley-richter-sentenced-5-year

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