Court Report

911 Operator Sentenced Over Boy's Call

DETROIT (AP) - A 911 operator who authorities say didn't take seriously a boy's calls to report that his mother had collapsed was sentenced Tuesday to serve a year of probation for willful neglect of duty. The mother was found dead three hours after the call, taken by Sharon Nichols. District Judge Paula Humphries also sentenced Nichols, 45, to perform 15 days of community service. Humphries could have given the woman a year in jail for the misdemeanor but noted that she had no previous criminal record. Read more...
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