MANITOWOC – Lavell L. Nance and Catherine D. Carter, both facing child abuse charges, will have their Manitowoc County Circuit Court cases delayed because they do not yet have a defense attorney.
Both Nance and Carter are eligible for a public defender, an attorney provided by the state of Wisconsin. However, no attorneys have been appointed to their cases yet.
Carter and Nance appeared for a preliminary hearing Oct. 23, only for the hearings to be rescheduled. Carter’s preliminary hearing was rescheduled for Nov. 13 while no date has been published in Nance’s case yet.
What are Lavell L. Nance and Catherine D. Carter charged with?
Nance and Carter are facing child abuse charges after further investigation into the 2022 death of a 3-year-old child.
A new criminal complaint filed in August claims the child died from physical abuse.
Nance, 41, was initially arrested Nov. 10, 2022, after the investigation. He was charged with felony possession of designer drugs with intent to sell, felony maintain drug trafficking place and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.
In a plea and sentencing hearing Aug. 22, 2023, the last two charges were dismissed. His sentence was withheld, and he was given three years of probation.
He was arrested Aug. 25 and has been charged with physical abuse of a child, repeated acts with a high probability of great bodily harm. He is now in custody at Manitowoc County Jail on a $5,000 bond.
Carter, 37, and the child’s mother, was also arrested in 2022. She has been in custody at the Manitowoc County Jail on a now $3,000 bond since her arrest three years ago. She has also been charged with physical abuse, repeated acts with a high probability of great bodily harm.
Her 2022 charges of possession of designer drugs with intent to deliver, maintain drug trafficking place, a felony charge of neglecting a child, and two misdemeanor charges of neglecting a child were never resolved and have been included in her newest court case.
Both cases are being prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Angelina Scarpelli and presided over by Judge Jerilyn Dietz.
Alisa M. Schafer is a reporter for the Herald Times Reporter in Manitowoc. She can be reached by email at aschafer@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter: Lack of public defenders causes delay in two Manitowoc court cases in 2022 death of 3-year-old
Reporting by Alisa M. Schafer, Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter / Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter
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