Natasha Kriener

Natasha Kriener, of Iowa City, Iowa, exits the Johnson County Courtroom crying after being read the charger against her, on Saturday, February, 18, 2012, in Iowa City, Iowa. Kriener is being charged with child endangerment. (Nikole Hanna/The Gazette)

Iowa City mother who let her toddler get drunk arrested again

Kriener pleaded guilty to felony neglect in November

An Iowa City mother sentenced to probation in January after police said she let her toddler become drunk was arrested early Monday on suspicion of interfering with a department of corrections officer. Natasha Kriener, 27, of Iowa City, was arrested on suspicion of interference with a Department of Correctional Services officer after she was found [...]

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Natasha Kriener of Iowa City exits the Johnson County Courtroom crying after being read the charges against her, on Saturday, February, 18, 2012, in Iowa City. (Nikole Hanna/The Gazette)

Iowa City mother accused in drunk toddler case sentenced to probation

Kriener was victimized as a child, but should have broken the cycle, childrens' father says

An Iowa City mother who police say allowed her toddler son to become drunk on alcohol was sentenced Monday morning to a suspended prison sentence of up to 10 years. That means Natasha Kriener, who already has served 104 days behind bars, will not have to serve any additional time unless she violates the conditions [...]

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Natasha Kriener, 26, of Iowa City, leaves a Johnson County courtroom Feb. 18 after hearing the charges against her. Kreiner is accused of child endangerment after authorities discovered her 23-month-old toddler had a blood-alcohol content level of .09. (Nikole Hanna/The Gazette)

Iowa City mother accused in drunk toddler case pleads guilty

Kriener could face up to 15 years in prison

An Iowa City mother accused of allowing her toddler to become drunk on alcohol has pleaded guilty and is scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 28. Natasha Kriener, 27, was supposed to be tried on felony charges of child endangerment causing bodily injury and neglect or abandonment on Feb. 12, but she entered a guilty plea [...]

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Natasha KrIener, of Iowa City, exits a Johnson County courtroom Saturday morning, Feb. 18, crying after being read the charger against her. Kreiner is accused in a criminal complaint of child endangerment. (Nikole Hanna/The Gazette)

Iowa City mother accused in drunk toddler case arrested on warrant

Kriener scheduled for trial in February

An Iowa City mother who was supposed to be tried in September on accusations she gave her toddler alcohol has been arrested after she failed to appear for her pretrial conference two months ago. A Johnson County judge on Sept. 17 issued a $20,000 warrant for the arrest of Natasha Kriener, 27, charged with child [...]

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Iowa City mother accused of letting toddler drink alcohol fails to appear, wanted on $20K warrant

An Iowa City mother scheduled to be tried next week on accusations she gave her 23-month-old son alcohol failed to appear for her pretrial conference and is now wanted on a $20,000 warrant. Natasha Kriener, who turns 27 on Tuesday, faces felony charges of child endangerment causing bodily injury and neglect. She was supposed to [...]

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Trial moved to fall in case of drunken toddler

The Iowa City child had a blood alcohol content of 0.097 percent

IOWA CITY — The child endangerment and neglect trial of an Iowa City mother arrested earlier this year after police say her 23-month-old son was hospitalized for intoxication has been reset for Sept. 25. Natasha Kriener’s trial on charges of felony child endangerment causing bodily injury and felony neglect or abandonment originally was scheduled to [...]

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Police: Iowa City mom accused of letting her toddler drink alcohol blamed babysitter

Department of Human Services has previous contact with Kriener

An Iowa City mother arrested in February after her 23-month-old son was hospitalized with a blood-alcohol content level of .097 told investigators the boy must have consumed the alcohol at a babysitter’s house while she was at HyVee, according to search warrant documents. Natasha Kriener, 26, told officers that she dropped off her nearly 2- [...]

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Natasha Kriener, 26, of Iowa City, leaves a Johnson County courtroom Feb. 18 after hearing the charges against her. Kreiner is accused of child endangerment after authorities discovered her 23-month-old toddler had a blood-alcohol content level of .09. (Nikole Hanna/The Gazette)

Iowa City mother pleads not guilty in child endangerment case

Woman's 23-month old son had blood-alcohol content of .097, reports show

An Iowa City mother charged with child endangerment after authorities discovered her 23-month-old son had a blood-alcohol content level of .097 has pleaded not guilty. Natasha Kriener’s case is scheduled for a jury trial in a Johnson County courtroom on June 12, according to court records. Kriener, 26, was arrested Feb. 17 after police said [...]

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I.C. mother charged with child endangerment

Police say doctors found alcohol in 22-month-old's system

IOWA CITY — An Iowa City mother turned herself in Friday for child endangerment charges after doctors discovered alcohol in her 22-month-old child’s system. According to Iowa City Police, 26-year-old Natasha Kriener, 2018 Waterfront Dr. #53, turned herself in at about 5 p.m. Friday. Police said the father took the child to the Emergency Room [...]

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