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Mother Jailed For Wanting A Better Education For Child
A mother who pleaded guilty to fraudulently enrolling her six-year-old son in the wrong school district has been sentenced to five years in prison. Tonya McDowell sent her son to an elementary school in Norwalk, Connecticut, instead of her home city of Bridgeport.The 34-year-old, who was homeless when she was charged with felony larceny last year, said she wanted the best education possible for the boy.McDowell last week entered her plea at Norwalk Superior Court under the Alford Doctrine, which means she does not admit guilt but concedes the state has enough evidence to convict her. Authorities told the hearing that she used a babysitter’s address to enroll her son in kindergarten in Norwalk when he should have attended schools in Bridgeport, her last permanent address.Her case drew national attention and support from civil rights leaders and other advocates who wanted the charge dismissed. McDowell told police she was living in a van and occasionally slept at a Norwalk shelter or a friend’s Bridgeport apartment when she enrolled her son Norwalk’s Brookside Elementary School.Police said McDowell stole $15,686 worth of ‘free’ educational services from Norwalk. She also pleaded guilty to four counts of sale of narcotics, which will be included in her prison sentence. In a separate case, she pleaded guilty on February 7 to selling drugs. McDowell’s lawyer, Darnell Crosland, said she agreed to accept a plea bargain rather than continue fighting the charges even though she insists she is not guilty.Mr Crosland said: ‘You shouldn’t be arrested for stealing a free education. It’s just wrong.’ McDowell was sentenced to 12 years in jail, suspended after she serves five years, and five years probation.
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Permalink Reply by Sheli on -
This is entire case was sad & stupid, the furthest this should have gone was having her remove her son from the school, I really hope she gets an appeal. How do you steal "$15,686 worth of ‘free’ educational services"? It's free education right, I need help in understanding how you steal something that is free. If she had sent her child to school in the correct district the same costs would have been incurred +/- a few $1,000, so this entire case is ridiculous!! She was punished for wanting a better education for her child! I wish she would have listened to her attorney & continued to fight. Now the drug charges...I have no comment on.
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Permalink Reply by CCD is Workin on a baller 4 she on -
I am going to choose to believe that those charges are for the drugs and that the media is hyping the stealing an education charge. They just threw that in there. The drug distribution charges carry the heavier weight.
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