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Mom Pleads Guilty To Role In Fight

Women Sentenced To 2 Years Probation For Child Endangerment

POSTED: 6:42 pm CDT July 6, 2009
UPDATED: 8:01 pm CDT July 6, 2009

A local mother has been placed on probation because of a fight.

Sherri Turner pleaded guilty on Monday to endangering the welfare of a child for her role in a fight involving her daughter and another girl.

Authorities said Turner went with her daughter to an abandoned bridge in Kearney, Mo., in April where two girls were supposed to fight. The incident, which was caught on tape, shows Turner coaching and encouraging the girls who were throwing punches.

Turner was sentenced to two years probation.

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