Briefs: April 26, 2018

SENTENCED TO 31 MONTHS

Linda Choate, 35, was sentenced to 31 months in prison Friday after pleading guilty to a charge of assault of a child in the second degree. She entered the plea as part of a plea bargain agreement in which the state dropped three other charges in the case. The charges dropped include assault of the second child, harassment and unlawful imprisonment.

Choate has been in jail here since her arrest Oct. 25 at her residence in the Thornton area.

Chief Deputy Prosecutor Dan LeBeau said the deputies determined Choate had attempted to use a towel to block the airways of the two...