RACINE — A 35-year-old Racine woman was sentenced in a child neglect case Friday.
Dashja Turner was originally charged with five counts of neglecting a child wherein the consequence is great bodily harm.
During a Feb. 7 hearing, Turner was found guilty of three charges after pleading no contest. The two remaining charges were dismissed but read into the court’s record.
For each of the three charges, Turner was sentenced to two years in prison and three years of extended supervision. The sentences for each charge will run consecutive to each other.
Turner was charged alongside Laquan Russell, who is facing two counts of neglecting a child wherein the consequence is great bodily harm and three counts of child abuse with intentionally causing harm.
Online court records show he is scheduled to appear in court May 30.
According to previous Journal Times reporting, Racine police officers and Child Protective Services conducted a welfare check at a residence on Metron Court on July 31, 2023.
They reportedly found “four frail, unkempt children laying on” a mattress in a basement room, and in another room, they found Turner and a fifth child.
The children, ranging in age from 1 to 14, were taken to a Wauwatosa hospital. There, they were found to be hypothermic, underweight and malnourished. Previous reporting reflects that two of the children reportedly had injuries consistent with physical abuse.
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