Jamestown (CSi) A Jamestown man has been sentenced in Southeast District Court in Jamestown to serve six years and eight months in the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for child abuse.

33 year old Craig Siek, was sentenced by Judge Thomas Merrick on the Class A felony charge.

Siek pleaded guilty to child abuse on May 20 in Jamestown.

Records show that on February 10, 2013, Siek had picked up the then-infant and shook her. Stutsman County State’s Attorney Fritz Fremgen says the child, who is now 20 months, received serious injuries from the incident that have hindered the child’s development.

Siek was given credit for eight days served in jail. He is to serve five years of supervised probation after his time in prison.

Siek was ordered to pay $1,060 in fines and costs and is to have no contact with the child or her mother without written permission from his probation officer.

The maximum penalty for a Class A felony is 20 years in prison and a $20,000 fine.