March 18, 2024

Woman gets 10 years for injuries to niece

HAMPTON — A northern Iowa woman has been given 10 years in prison for seriously injuring her niece. Twenty-seven-year-old Jessica Torres, of Hampton, was sentenced Thursday. She’d pleaded guilty to assault causing serious injury and child endangerment resulting in injury. She was given five years for each crime, to be served consecutively. Torres pushed her neice down hard, causing head and eye injuries.