A Florida woman who worked as a home nurse for a couple with a premature baby has been sentenced after pleading guilty to child neglect .

Kelly Perrigo, 62, entered her guilty plea on Monday, months after she was arrested and charged with child neglect. She was ordered to serve a year behind bars.

According to charging documents reviewed by Law&Crime, Perrigo was employed by a service called Team Select, which provided home nurses for patients of all ages, including pediatric and geriatric patients. The parents of the baby, who was considered a "micro-preemie" after being born at 24 weeks, called police when they realized that Perrigo was lying about giving the baby his bottles.

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