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Couple Sentenced For Delay In Medical Help For Child

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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A couple who delayed getting a child medical treatment must serve time in federal prison and pay more than $32,000 in restitution.

Court documents show that 41-year-old Terri Covey, of Rapid City, and 43-year-old Gilbert Young, who lives in Nebraska, lived together on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in 2013 when a child under the age of 7 suffered a brain injury.

While in Young’s care, the child suffered a severe seizure. Young witnessed the seizure but did not call 911. When informed of the seizure, Covey did not immediately get the child help.

The Rapid City Journal reports ( ) that Chief U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Viken sentenced Young to three years in custody and Covey to one year. They will split paying the $32,881 in court-ordered restitution.

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Information from: Rapid City Journal,

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