Reed sentenced to 16 years in Va. child abuse case

A Berkeley Springs man convicted by a Virginia jury of child cruelty and abuse has been sentenced for several of the crimes he committed in 2021.

A Frederick County, Va. jury found Joshua Reed guilty in March of misdemeanor assault and battery, child cruelty/abuse and child abuse with injury by a parent. Jurors couldn’t agree on two charges — child cruelty/injury and child abuse by a parent with injury associated with an incident in January…