Brunswick father sentenced to 15 years for death of infant son
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Posted 12:12PM on Friday, August 30, 2002
BRUNSWICK - A 23-year-old Brunswick man was sentenced to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to causing the death of his infant son last year. <br>
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Theodore Woodard Junior pleaded guilty Thursday to voluntary manslaughter in the death of his eleven-month-old son, Theodore Woodard, III. The baby died from a blow to his head. <br>
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Woodard testified that he ``was high and accidentally dropped'' his son on the floor. The baby's mother, Roxanne Grady Woodard, was at work when her son was injured. <br>
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Prosecutors dismissed felony murder and cruelty to children charges in exchange for his plea.