Krysta A. McBride, 25, was charged May with two counts of
child endangering, after beating her stepson in March. McBride pleaded not
guilty in June and changed her plea to no contest in December.
At the time of the offense, the child’s father, McBride’s
husband, was in a different part of the house when she beat the child with a
belt, according to Medina County Prosecutor Dean Holman.
“The child was needlessly beaten with a belt on the back
and covered with bruises,” Holman said. “The child has fully recovered
physically, and is undergoing counseling.”
Assistant Prosecutor Michael McNamara asked Medina County
Common Pleas Judge Joyce V. Kimbler to sentence McBride to prison.
“The child’s injuries are the worst I’ve ever seen
without broken bones,” he said. “It appears there is certainly an anger issue.”
McBride’s attorney, David McArtor, of Medina, said in
court that McBride’s “significant psychological issues,” which he said stem
from her being assaulted earlier in her life, played a role in her abuse of her
stepson.
“She cannot believe that she has become what she’s hated
most, and for that she hates herself,” McArtor said.
McBride called her actions “unforgivable.”
“I did something that no parent should ever do,” she
said. “For me, that’s unforgivable. I don’t deserve to be alive anymore.”
Kimbler disagreed.“Nothing is unforgivable,” she said to McBride.
McArtor said McBride has been in an intensive parenting
intervention program and also receives psychological treatment.
“Since the moment she changed her plea, she’s been a
different person,” he said.
After her jail time, McBride will have three years of
probation and will have to continue her psychological treatment and will be on
a drug monitoring program. She is also to have no contact with either of her
two stepchildren through her probation period.
credit:medinagazette
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