Jamestown woman sentenced for child neglect after allegedly striking child with cellphone

Jamestown woman sentenced for child neglect after allegedly striking child with cellphone

JAMESTOWN — A 40-year-old woman who allegedly struck her 13-year-old son with a cellphone was sentenced recently in Southeast District Court in Jamestown. Patience Garjah, Jamestown, pleaded guilty to child neglect, a Class C felony that was deemed a misdemeanor. Garjah was accused of being a parent and inflicting or allowing to be inflicted upon the child mental or bodily injury, substantial bodily injury or serious bodily injury and being a pa…