A woman who was employed as a full time in-home nurse has been charged with child abuse following her arrest recently by Lincoln County deputies.
Candice Elizabeth Bootenhoff, 39, of Luther was formally charged Oct. 31 in Lincoln County District Court with felony child abuse.
Her bond has been set at $25,000 and her initial appearance is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Dec. 1.
Bootenhoff is accused on Oct.24 this year at a residence in Wellston in Lincoln County of maliciously harming or threatening to harm a 17-year-old child when the defendant accepted responsibility for the care and supervision of the child by slapping the child’s hands and by carrying the child by her arms and legs.
In a probable cause affidavit, Lincoln County Investigator Christopher Hyde stated he was notified by Deputy Jimmy Brown around 4 p.m. on Oct. 25 that he had been dispatched to a child abuse complaint. The affidavit states the reporting party was located at her residence in Wellston.
Hyde reported that Brown arrived a short time before he did and began gathering information from the woman who was the reporting party.
As Hyde proceeded with the probe into the child abuse complaint, he states that on Oct. 27 Investigators Larry Stover and Tanner Hand joined the investigation.
Hyde later that day advised Bootenhoff she was being placed under arrest.