http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2017/09/hamtramck_man_sentenced_up_to.htmlA Hamtramck man may spend the next half-century behind bars after pleading guilty to placing his 22-month-old daughter in searing water, leaving her with life-threatening injuries.
In Shiawassee County Circuit Court on Friday, Sept. 15, Judge Matthew Stewart sentenced Derrick Wardell Mason III, 28, to spend between 15 and 50 years behind bars after pleading guilty to first-degree child abuse charges in relation to his daughter's injuries, according to court records.
Mason was arraigned on March 3 in Shiawassee County District Court on a single charge of first-degree child abuse, days after the child's mother, Abigail Rae Springs, appeared in front of a judge.
Springs, 19, of Durand, also pleaded guilty to a charge of first-degree child abuse and is set to be sentenced next month in Shiawassee County Court, according to court records.
Police began an investigation Feb. 15 after Springs took the toddler to Sparrow Hospital with injuries before she was transferred to University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor.
Although her injuries were severe, Natalie survived the incident.
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