A 26-year-old mother in Wisconsin will avoid prison after she and her husband were caught leaving their six children — four of whom were under the age of 6 — locked inside a storage unit overnight with only a bucket to use as a restroom.
A Milwaukee County judge on Thursday stayed a prison sentence for Azyia C. Zielinski in favor of probation after the mother pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of child neglect. Zielinski’s husband, Charles Dupriest, was convicted of child neglect in January.
During Thursday’s sentencing hearing, prosecutors recommended 18 months in a state correctional facility to be stayed for three years of probation, provided she complete an alcohol and drug abuse assessment, parenting class, mental health treatment, and maintain complete sobriety…