{"id":31807,"date":"2026-07-20T20:52:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T20:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/?p=31807"},"modified":"2026-07-21T18:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T18:36:07","slug":"second-former-brownsburg-daycare-worker-sentenced-in-child-abuse-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/2026\/07\/20\/second-former-brownsburg-daycare-worker-sentenced-in-child-abuse-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Former Brownsburg Daycare Worker Sentenced in Child Abuse Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31808\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31808\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31808\" src=\"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-20-Second-Daycare-Worker-Sentenced.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-20-Second-Daycare-Worker-Sentenced.jpg 285w, https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026-07-20-Second-Daycare-Worker-Sentenced-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-31808\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennyfer Lingbeck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Danville<\/strong> &#8211; Former Brownsburg daycare employee Jennyfer Lingbeck was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to Failure to Report (Class B misdemeanor) and Neglect of a Dependent (Level 6 felony).<\/p>\n<p>The Hendricks County court sentenced Lingbeck to 180 days in the Hendricks County Jail, followed by 365 days of home detention and probation.<\/p>\n<p>During sentencing, Lingbeck argued she had been manipulated by the daycare owner. However, Hendricks County Prosecutor Loren Delp stated that every daycare employee has an independent legal and moral obligation to report suspected child abuse or neglect.<\/p>\n<p>The court cited several aggravating factors, including Lingbeck&#8217;s position of trust and responsibility over vulnerable children. The court also noted mitigating circumstances, including her likelihood of responding positively to probation and that the offenses are unlikely to recur.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This case is about accountability,&#8221; Delp said, emphasizing that Indiana&#8217;s mandatory reporting laws exist to protect children and that failing to act can leave children at risk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See Additional Coverage:<\/strong><br \/>\nBrownsburg Childcare Case: Owner Pleads Guilty, Receives Jail Time<br \/>\nNancy Minton, former Brownsburg daycare owner pled guilty and was sentenced.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/2026\/05\/01\/brownsburg-childcare-case-owner-pleads-guilty-receives-jail-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&gt;&gt; Click Here For Additional Details &lt;&lt;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4318\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4318\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/brownsburgsentinel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4318 size-full td-animation-stack-type0-2 td-animation-stack-type0-1\" src=\"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/Facebook-Like-Icon.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/Facebook-Like-Icon.png 476w, https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/Facebook-Like-Icon-300x93.png 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"147\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click on the LOGO. GOTO Facebook and \u201cLIKE\u201d our Page! Share this article with your friends! Thank You!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Content courtesy of:<br \/>\n<\/strong><i>Article via Press Release from &#8211; Hendricks County Prosecutor Loren Delp and The Editor<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Danville &#8211; Former Brownsburg daycare employee Jennyfer Lingbeck was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to Failure to Report (Class B misdemeanor) and Neglect of a Dependent (Level 6 felony). The Hendricks County court sentenced Lingbeck to 180 days in the Hendricks County Jail, followed by 365 days of home detention and probation. During sentencing, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31810,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,1,36,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general-interest","category-hendricks-county","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31807"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31807"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31822,"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31807\/revisions\/31822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brownsburgsentinel.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}