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Babysitter admits guilt in manslaughter case, is sentenced

by Ashley Biviano in Top Stories on March 7th

NORWICH – Geneia Rood, 38, appeared in Chenango County Court at 11 a.m. Friday and pleaded to guilty to manslaughter in the second degree, a class C felony, and was sentenced to an indeterminate sentence of 3 and half to ten and half years in state prison. Rood admitted to having given a infant child she was babysitting alcohol, which resulted in... read more...

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