Healthcare exec, husband avoid jail after leaving their 6-month-old baby alone on Florida beach

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A Texas healthcare executive and her husband avoided jail time after striking a deal with Florida prosecutors in a child neglect case stemming from allegations that they left their 6-month-old baby unattended on a beach while they went for a walk. Sara Sommers Wilks, 37, a regional president at US Heart and Vascular in Houston , and her husband, Brian David Wilks, 40, entered deferred prosecution agreements that will allow them to avoid criminal prosecution if they comply with a series of