A Waunakee man convicted of reckless homicide for beating his 11-week-old son to death was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison and 20 years of extended supervision. David A. Roberts, 21, pleaded no contest to first-degree reckless homicide for the Feb. 12 death of his son, Aaron, under a plea agreement. Prosecutors reduced an initial charge of first-degree intentional homicide, which carries a mandatory life sentence. Roberts told police he was stressed and took it out on the crying infant, who died from injuries including bruises on the brain and fluid on the brain that doctors said were equal to a fall from a three-story building or a...
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