Saturday, February 26, 2000
Mom sentenced for allowing sex
Woman gets three years' probation
BY DAVID ECK
Enquirer Contributor
LEBANON — Before being sentenced to three years' probation for allowing a 19-year-old man to spend the night in her home and have sex with her adolescent daughter, a Mason mom apologized and quietly told a judge that she wants to be a better parent.
“This is my whole goal in the coming months,” the woman said. “I know that what I did was wrong. I did not look out for my daughter.”
The woman, who is not being named by the Enquirer to avoid identifying the 14-year-old girl, last month pleaded guilty to two felony counts of child endangering. She was sentenced Friday by Warren County Common Pleas Judge P. Daniel Fedders.
The woman, 44, could have received up to five years in prison on each count. There was no mandatory jail time.
The charges stem from three incidents at the family's home between Oct. 21 and Oct. 25. The child was 13 at the time.
The Mason mom originally was charged with three counts of corruption of a minor and one count of child endangering, but prosecutors dropped the three corruption charges in exchange for a second endangering count.
The girl did not appear with her mother at the sentencing, which lasted about 30 minutes.
The daughter met the Clermont County man over the Internet, and both the mother and girl told him the youngster was 16. The man was not charged because the offender must know the victim is younger than 16 to meet the elements of a crime, prosecutors have said.
The woman also apologized for the embarrassment she has caused her family, including her child.
“We wanted to make sure that (the mother) got a strong message,” said Assistant Warren County Prosecutor Rachel Hutzel.
Judge Fedders sternly warned the mother that if she violates any rule of her probation, her next stop would be state prison. He also urged her to work with the juvenile court to help the daughter.
“You have not done a good job so far in all the problems people have in raising a 14-year-old,” Judge Fedders said. “This case is a mystery to me.”
The mother has been remorseful and cooperated with the Warren County Children's Services Board, which is overseeing the girl, officials said. The daughter was briefly removed from her mother's care during the investigation.
“I think the judge recognized that jail is not the place for people like my client,” said Donald Oda, the woman's attorney. “Hopefully, this family can put their lives back together.”
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