YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A woman accused of using ice cream to lure a mentally disabled woman and her child to captivity in a forced-labour case has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison.
A federal judge on Thursday sentenced 22-year-old Ashland resident Dezerah Silsby to 45 months in prison.
Silsby’s attorney, Jennifer Scott, says they respect the judge’s decision but are disappointed she didn’t agree with their request for a shorter sentence.
Silsby made a plea deal after an indictment charged her with threatening the woman, beating her and making her do housework.
A jury found two other defendants guilty at a trial. A fourth defendant pleaded guilty and received a five-year sentence.
Silsby testified she was threatened by the others and feared having her own child taken away.
- Arrest made after police issue emergency alert about ‘dangerous man’ in Bible Hill, N.S.
- Grandparent scam: Canadian seniors with landline phones targeted, out about $2.2 million
- 3-year-old Elijah Vue still missing: Man pleads not guilty to child neglect
- Closing arguments presented in Michael Gordon Jackson abduction case
Comments