a1288: Woman pleads guilty, gets probation (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: leonie hermantin <lhermantin@hotmail.com>

Florida Sun-Sentinel


WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY, GETS PROBATION

Staff Reports

   Boynton Beach  Elsie Charles, the Boynton Beach woman charged with
tossing her misbehaving son in a car trunk for a ride home from school, has
pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor child abuse charge in exchange for six
months of probation.  Charles, 37, who was originally charged with felony
aggravated child abuse, turned down the plea deal last week even though a
conviction on the more serious charge would have meant she would be deported
to her native Haiti. She changed her mind and entered her guilty plea on
Wednesday,prosecutors said.  In May 2000, Charles placed her 7-year-old son
in the trunk after school officials called her to pick up the first-grader
for misbehaving. Charles has complied with a parenting program directed by
the Florida Department of Children and Families.

Posted December 14, 2001


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