Arraignment postponed for social workers charged in death of Gabriel Fernandez
04/22/2016 6:40 am PDT
via KTLA:
LOS ANGELES -- (KTLA) -- Four Los Angeles County social workers charged with child abuse in connection with the 2013 death of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez were due to appear in court Thursday for their arraignment, but the hearing was postponed.
Stefanie Rodriguez, 31, Patricia Clement, 65, and their respective supervisors, Kevin Bom, 36, and Gregory Merritt, 60, have each been charged with one felony count of child abuse and one felony count of falsifying public records.
They face up to 10 years in state prison if convicted.
At a downtown Los Angeles criminal courtroom, their arraignment was postponed till June 2.
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