Carstens receives 30 to 40-year sentence for injuring infant

Christofer N. Carstens of Oakdale was sentenced to decades behind bars last week.

Carstens, who has been in custody since his early June 2019 arrest on felony child abuse charges, after his infant daughter was hospitalized with severe injuries including fractures to her skull and multiple other bones, was sentenced by the Honorable Mark Johnson Wednesday, April 29, in the Antelope County district courtroom.

Johnson sentenced Carstens to not less than 30, nor more than 40 years in a facility under the jurisdiction of the Nebraska Department of Corrections. Carstens was given credit for 329 days...