SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - A Sheboygan woman learned her fate last week for harming her son for several years.
Judge Timothy Van Akkeren sentenced 29 year old Amber Ernisse to one year in jail with four months imposed, and five years on probation. It comes after she pleaded no contest to a felony charge for mental harm to a child.
Ernisse was charged in August after her sister came forward to report the abuse to Sheboygan Police . The criminal complaint filed against her stated multiple family members told police Ernisse started harming her son when he was six, and it continued for three years. The abuse would mostly be covering and threatening to cover the child’s mouth to prevent breathing, placing him under a mattress, and striking the child.
The complaint adds when asked about the claims, Ernisse initially denied all incidents and said the child has a deep imagination.