A Bend woman who drugged children at her unlicensed daycare so she could leave them alone to go tanning faces nearly three dozen years in prison.
January Neatherlin pleaded guilty yesterday.
Prosecutors are asking for a 35-year sentence.
Bend woman who drugged kids at daycare so she could leave and tan is guilty
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