Clovis woman pleads guilty to abusing her 7 adopted children

CLOVIS, N.M. — A Clovis woman has pleaded guilty to seven counts of child abuse, one for each of her adopted children. In exchange for the plea Monday, 60-year-old Patricia Gartner was granted a deferred sentence with five years of supervised probation. She had been facing up to 29 years in prison. Authorities say Gartner’s […]