WICHITA, Kan. — A southern Kansas man who admitted to endangering a child after a 2-year-old boy in his care ended up with an octopus lodged in his throat has been sentenced to two years of probation.
Thirty-seven-year-old Matthew Gallagher also was sentenced Thursday to a suspended one-year jail term. Gallagher pleaded guilty to a reduced count of child endangerment and additional charges of battery and interference with law enforcement. All are misdemeanors.
The boy's mother told investigators she returned from work April 5 to find Gallagher performing CPR on her son at her Wichita home. A small octopus was found in the boy's throat. He was treated then released from a hospital.
Police say Gallagher told them he had been eating sushi and small octopuses when he fed one to the boy.