Calif couple who left newborn in casino garage while they gambled sentenced to 60 days jail
By APThursday, August 26, 2010
Couple gets jail for leaving baby in casino garage
ROSEVILLE, Calif. — A Northern California couple who left their newborn daughter in a casino parking garage while they went gambling are heading to jail.
A Placer County Superior Court judge sentenced Thuan Huy Nguyen and Panfila Phu Phan on Wednesday to 60 days. He also ordered them to attend a mandatory parenting class as part of a four-year probation sentence that could result in their regaining custody of the baby.
The couple were arrested in April after a security guard at Thunder Valley Casino found their 7-week-old infant alone in a car. Investigators determined the baby had been there for about 2½ hours.
The Rancho Cordova residents, both 27, pleaded no contest to felony child abuse charges in June.
Defense lawyer Anthony Palik says they know they made a poor decision.
