November 20, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
A man and woman charged with the alleged child abuse or neglect of their four children appeared for sentencing in DeKalb County Criminal Court on Tuesday, November 19.
22-year-old Kammi Dawn Horton and 22-year-old Takota Chayton Prinsloo of Antioch Road, Smithville each entered a plea by criminal information to two counts of child abuse of an 8-year-old or younger and each received a two-year sentence on TDOC supervised judicial diversion probation in each case to run consecutively for a total of four years. They must continue to comply with DCS rules. Prinsloo was given 103 days jail credit and Horton had jail credit of 102 days. They were originally charged with four counts of child abuse or neglect.
Sheriff Patrick Ray said that on August 8 Horton was asleep when she and Prinsloo left their two sons and two daughters unattended and in poor housing conditions that affected the children’s health and welfare.