TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A Lakewood man faces about a year in prison after being convicted Friday of leaving his two young children alone in a squalid apartment while he went to work.
The News Tribune reports (https://is.gd/yOw8fR ) Judge Vicki Hogan found 25-year-old Quintin Dublin guilty of two counts of criminal mistreatment after a bench trial in Pierce County Superior Court.
Hogan ordered Dublin taken into custody pending his April 24 sentencing hearing.
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Deputy prosecutor Robert Yu says Dublin faces a sentence of 12-14 months in prison.
Court records show a maintenance worker found the children, then 3, and 5, home alone when he was checking out a water leak. They were left home while he was working at Joint Base Lewis-McChord.
The children are now living with their mother out of state.
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Information from: The News Tribune, https://www.thenewstribune.com
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