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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowA Muncie man has been sentenced to four years in prison for leaving two children in a partially submerged car after he drove the stolen vehicle into a creek.
Brent Allen South, 27, pleaded guilty to neglect of a dependent resulting in bodily injury and driving with a controlled substance in system. A judge who sentenced him Monday dismissed auto theft and other charges.
The Star Press reported authorities said South stole a car in July while a 13-year-old girl and an 11-month-old infant were in the back seat and drove it into a creek, where it came to rest on its roof.
South then fled on foot, leaving the children to be rescued by a bystander.
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