Licking County man gets 4 years for locking 6-year-old in basement

A Newark man accused of routinely locking a 6-year-old in an unfinished basement pleaded no contest to child endangering Tuesday and was sentenced to four years in prison. Joshua Bergeron, 39, was charged in October after the Licking County children’s services agency received a complaint. Bergeron’s girlfriend and the child’s mother, Angel Abrams, also was charged.