Posted 11/8/21
A Lawrence County man was sentenced to the maximum possible sentence of 50 years in prison on Friday after a Lincoln County jury found him guilty of attempted first degree murder and aggravated child abuse.
Michael Fisher was given the maximum sentence by Judge Stella Hargrove after a sentencing hearing Friday.
Fisher and Brooklyn Tidwell took their then 2-month-old daughter Addilyn to a Lawrenceburg hospital in January 2019 for treatment. The arrest warrant claimed the child was abused and had sustained numerous broken bones, internal organ and brain damage.
Fisher was convicted in September by the Lincoln County jury and Tidwell was charged with child neglect because she did not seek medical attention for the infant. Tidwell’s trial will be December 6th.
