1. Naples mother sentenced in child’s drowning
A Naples mother who has spent nearly two years behind bars since her arrest in the bathtub drowning death of her toddler changed her plea.
Nicole Laber, 31, on Sept. 16 pleaded no contest to one count of aggravated manslaughter of a child in the June 17, 2023, death of her child, referenced in court documents by the initials ‘PL.’ The child drowned in a bathtub.
Collier Circuit Judge John McGowan accepted her plea and sentenced Laber to 10 years in prison with credit for time served, followed by 10 years of probation…