BUCKS COUNTY, Pa. (KYW Newsradio) — A Bucks County mother has been sentenced to one to two years in prison for neglecting her premature twins.
The twins were born at 32 weeks on Oct. 7, 2024. Once they were released from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, doctors required regular weight check-ins.
Prosecutors said the parents — Courtney Soyka, 33, and Marcus Maddela, 45 — missed four appointments, and when the babies were brought in for a check-up in December, they had each only gained a little over a pound, weighing in at 5.78 pounds and 5.04 pounds…