CANTON ‒ A man and a woman were sentenced to eight to 12 years in prison for allowing a 3-year-old boy to starve to death while he was in their care in Canton.
Stark County Common Pleas Judge Kristin G. Farmer sentenced Jamie L. Thompson and Demetres S. Givens on Feb. 20 after they pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and endangering children.
Assistant Stark County Prosecutor Daniel J. Petricini said the couple were aware that the boy, Berko Givens, had a complicated medical history. He died May 5…