NELIGH, Neb. (AP) – An April 29 sentencing is scheduled for a northeast Nebraska man accused of injuring his 1-month-old daughter by shaking her. Court records say Christofer Carstens pleaded no contest to child abuse resulting in serious injury. A plea agreement says prosecutors will recommend no more than 20 years in prison for the 21-year-old. The records say a doctor at Antelope Memorial Hospital in Neligh has said the baby had suffered a skull fracture, broken ribs and other injuries. The records also say Carstens, of Oakdale, told an investigator hed shaken his daughter in frustration because she wouldnt stop crying.
Sentencing Date set in child abuse case involving Oakdale man
