OSSIPEE — A Carroll County Superior Court judge Tuesday gave a Tamworth man the maximum sentence of 7½-15 years in state prison after he pleaded guilty to first-degree assault on his toddler son, resulting in brain injuries.
The judge also handed down a suspended sentence for a guilty plea to a falsifying physical evidence charge.
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