OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A Thurston County mother has entered a modified guilty plea to putting a narcotic pain reliever in her 9-month-old daughter’s formula bottle last year.
The Olympian reports that 20-year-old Aliese Marie Gatlin pleaded guilty Friday, under an Alford plea, to second degree assault of a child and first-degree criminal mistreatment. Under an Alford plea, a defendent does not admit guilt but it counts as a criminal conviction.
Thurston County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Dominique Jinhong said Friday that Gatlin
The mother is being held in Thurston County jail until she is sentenced next week. She faces up to four years in prison.
