Gipfert withdraws appeal of sentence

Nancy Gipfert, who filed an appeal directly after being sentenced for negligent child abuse last week, officially withdrew that appeal, according to court documents. Gipfert also informed the court on Jan. 9, the day after she was sentenced, of her intent to submit to the Cheyenne County Sheriff to begin serving her sentence.

Gipfert was sentenced to 24 months of probation, the first 90 days to be served in Cheyenne County jail, for her part in an incident which led to the permanent brain injury of an infant in her care. Gipfert will serve her time in Garden County jail, where Cheyenne County houses its female inmates.

In November a jury of six men and six women found Gipfert guilty of negligent child abuse, a class I misdemeanor. This was a lesser charge than child abuse causing serious bodily injury, the felony initially lodged against her.

The two-month-old victim in this case became seriously ill after his first visit to Gipfert’s daycare on Sept. 13, 2011. It was later confirmed that he suffered from bleeding around his brain, brain damage and hemorrhages in his eyes.

Gipfert will be required to report to the Cheyenne County jail on July 12, the victim’s birthday and Sept. 13, the day of the incident in 2014 and 2015. In addition to this, Gipfert was ordered to complete 500 hours of community service and to pay a $1,000 fine, as well as $964 in court costs.