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She was caring for more than 20 children; judge gives her 120 days in jail for role in baby's death

Cheri Beason, 58, pleaded guilty to three counts of the class E felony of endangering the welfare of a child and one infraction of operating a daycare without a license.  Investigators say Beason put one person in charge of caring for more than 20 children in August of 2017. One of those children, four-month-old Brynlee Jones, died from “unsafe sleeping.”