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The woman who pleaded guilty to leaving her young son alone in a car overnight when temperatures dipped below zero was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison.

Nicole Carmon, 28, pleaded guilty in November to felony negligent child abuse causing serious injury and attempted first degree assault.

Carmon left her vehicle in a strip mall parking lot in Thornton during the December 2016 snowstorm, leaving the child frostbitten and with hypothermia. She initially said she鈥檇 gotten a ride after getting into a crash, but had also been drinking.

In addition to the eight years in prison Carmon received, she also will have to serve three years of probation afterward. She faced up to 10 years in prison.

The judge called Carmon鈥檚 actions 鈥渁trocious鈥� and 鈥渏aw-dropping鈥� Thursday after prosecutors said the boy was close to death when he was found inside Carmon鈥檚 vehicle.

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