Canton Woman Gets 3 Years for Child-in-Dog-Cage Incident, Boyfriend’s Trial Set for March

CANTON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – A 29-year-old Canton woman will do three years prison time for locking a young girl in a dog cage in the basement for disciplinary reasons.

Lillian Cottrell was sentenced Monday on a felony child endangerment conviction.

Her boyfriend 30-year-old Derek Mayle is set for trial in March on similar charges.

The 7-year-old girl is with another family now.