WALLACE — A Silver Valley woman who pleaded guilty to two counts of felony injury to a child will spend at least the next 10 years in prison following her sentencing Monday in Shoshone County District Court.

Sage Bryant, 25, was sentenced to a total of 20 years, including 10 years fixed and 10 years indeterminate, for her role in a series of violent acts against her young son.

Each sentence was structured as five years fixed and five indeterminate, but they will run consecutively. 

Judge Barbara Duggan also imposed a 15-year no-contact order between Bryant and the victim. 

Prior to Judge Duggan's sentencing, Shoshone County Deputy Prosecutor Britney Jacobs played some of the video evidence in the case, showing some of the abuse inflicted on the child. 

"The court followed the recommendation we argued for and sentenced her to the maximum sentence for her two crimes," Jacobs said.

In February, Bryant pleaded guilty to two counts of felony injury to a child as part of a settlement agreement with the state. Under the agreement, prosecutors dismissed the remaining 10 charges in exchange for her plea and her agreement to testify against co-defendant Anthony Banker throughout his legal proceedings.

“After our office’s victim witness coordination efforts through extensive discussions with the guardian of the victim, the State and the victim both believed this outcome was appropriate for this defendant’s case,” Jacobs said. “Bryant was cooperative throughout the proceedings and did not force the State to expend additional resources through a preliminary hearing or pretrial motions like her co-defendant has in his proceeding.”

The charges stem from a May 2025 investigation that began when Kellogg Police were notified a young child had been hospitalized at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane with multiple brain bleeds and placed in a medically induced coma.

The investigation later expanded to include the Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office after authorities determined much of the alleged abuse occurred at Banker’s residence near Prichard.

Police reports state Bryant told investigators and medical personnel that the child collapsed after a bath at Banker’s residence May 16 and experienced multiple dizzy spells over the weekend. She took the child to the hospital May 19, believing he had suffered a seizure. The child was stabilized at Shoshone Medical Center before being transferred to Spokane.

Medical personnel became concerned after discovering extensive bruising on the child. Bryant attributed the injuries to a medical condition, prompting further investigation by law enforcement.

Investigators later obtained cellphone evidence, including images, videos and text-message exchanges documenting abusive conduct and showing Bryant and Banker coordinating their accounts prior to speaking with authorities.

Both Bryant and Banker were arrested in June 2025.

Bryant was initially charged with four felony counts of injury to a child, five misdemeanor counts of injury to a child, two counts of compounding crimes and one count of misdemeanor assault. By early 2026, Banker faced updated charges of five counts of felony injury to a child and one count of destruction of evidence.

According to Jacobs, Banker, 39, has behaved in a manner nearly opposite of Bryant throughout his case. He is scheduled for trial in August after pleading not guilty in November.

Banker’s defense counsel has filed numerous motions to dismiss various charges and has appealed the court’s denial of those motions to the Idaho Supreme Court. The appeal delayed his jury trial from April 21 to its current date of Aug. 24.

A hearing is scheduled for Friday, during which Banker’s defense team is expected to ask the court to stay the case while the appeal continues.