GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – A Green Bay mother has been sentenced to six months in jail after being convicted of child neglect.
Chargers were brought on 27-year-old Allicia Graf because her son’s teeth were in such bad condition.
Graf pleaded no contest to the count and must also attend parenting classes, according to court records.
Graf failed to take her 7-year-old son to the dentist for a year and a half after his situation was deemed “a severe hospital case,” according to the complaint.
Child protective services were told by Oral Health Partnership that the boy’s severe cavities were “a potentially life threatening issue since it is likely (the child) has abscesses and he would be at risk of sepsis and death.”
Graf “repeatedly neglected him by missing appointments, canceling appointments, failing to return phone calls from the dental provider, and not responding to letters sent home,” according to the complaint.
The boy had dental surgery after being placed in his grandmother’s care, according to the criminal complaint.
Five teeth had to be removed “since they were either decayed to the pulp or decayed beyond restoration.”
According to the criminal complaint, the boy told investigators he complained about his teeth numerous times to his mother.
Graf told authorities she neglected her child’s dental care because she was overwhelmed with being a mother of four children, was in an abusive relationship, was addicted to hard drugs, and was working at the time, according to the criminal complaint.
