A Casper man will serve four years probation after a 5-year-old consumed meth under his care and needed to go to the hospital.
Rowdy Patterson was sentenced on four counts of child endangerment with methamphetamine. A fifth charge, child abuse, was dropped as part of an earlier plea agreement.
Assistant Natrona County District Attorney Mike Schafer said prosecuting the case was a low point.
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"The saddest thing I saw was a 5-year-old tweaking in a hospital bed," Schafer said.
Though Schafer asked for a 4- to 5-year prison sentence, Natrona County District Court Judge Daniel Forgey sentenced Patterson to four years of probation with a suspended 53- to 60-month prison sentence.