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Baby sitter indicted in abuse case

HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — A baby sitter accused of abusing a 3-year-old Ohio girl whose family says was left brain dead has been indicted on charges of felonious assault and felony child endangering.

A Butler County grand jury in Hamilton indicted Lindsay Partin on Thursday. Authorities have said the 35-year-old Hanover Township woman is accused of striking Hannah Wesche. The child’s father told a judge the 3-year-old, who remains hospitalized, is not expected to survive.

The Butler County Sheriff’s office says emergency crews and sheriff’s detectives were called to Partin’s home March 8 for an unconscious child. They say they found Hannah unresponsive with labored breathing and bruises on her face and other parts of her head.

Messages seeking comment were left Thursday for Partin’s attorneys.

Dylann Roof’s sister charged

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The sister of the man sentenced to die for killing nine people at a South Carolina church in 2015 has been arrested at her school and charged with bringing pepper spray, a knife and marijuana onto the campus.

Morgan Roof, 18, was arrested Wednesday at A.C. Flora High School after a school administrator contacted the school resource officer, Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said in a news release.

She is charged with two counts of carrying a weapon on school grounds and one count of simple possession of marijuana.

No one was hurt. A judge set her bond at $5,000 and said she could not return to the school.

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