Posted on 12/17/2006 4:35:49 PM PST by Graybeard58
She had her children take photos of her nude, prosecutor says.
A former Allentown woman struck seductive nude poses and ordered her 12-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter to photograph her showed up in court Friday wearing jeans with ''Booty'' emblazoned on the left rear pocket and ''Licious'' on the right in what appeared to be rhinestones.
Northampton County Judge Stephen G. Baratta sent Julie Figueroa, 43, to state prison for nine months to four years. Figueroa's adult daughter jumped to her feet as deputy sheriffs clamped handcuffs on Figueroa's wrists. ''Excuse me!'' she shouted. ''Can I say goodbye to my mother?''
''Ma'am,'' Baratta said sharply, ''Be quiet.''
''This isn't fair,'' the sobbing daughter screamed.
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Assistant District Attorney Patricia C. Broscius said Figueroa, when confronted, claimed she posed topless. However, Broscius said, the photographs police recovered showed Figueroa nude and in sexual positions. Figueroa's attorney, Gilbert J. Negrete Jr. of Bethlehem, told the judge Figueroa had her children take the photos so she could put them on the Internet to find a boyfriend.
He added that ''it wasn't her intention for her son to have the pictures.''
Baratta said the boy not only had the photos but showed them to some of his friends. Figueroa was charged when her estranged husband saw the pictures and notified police. Negrete told Baratta that Figueroa takes full responsibility for what happened. He suggested that Figueroa needs psychiatric care and not prison.
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Baratta said if he didn't send Figueroa to prison, other parents would feel free to commit similar crimes. Figueroa said she knows she was wrong, but that having her children taken away was punishment enough.
''I'm thinking that maybe you shouldn't be allowed to have children,'' Baratta said. ''It's all about you. It's all about you and your fun and games.''
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A lot of interest in that sort of thing out there?
Too sick for words.
Oh, Lordy!
She definitely needs psychiatric help. Hope she gets it.
Wow. A sane judge?
Class, nothing but class.
A case for mandatory sterilization, one of a myriad.
Couldn't agree with you more. How sick!
And that applies to both sexes, don'tchaknow.
Absolutely!
It's good to know that she dressed up for her day in court.
Geez.
I wonder if she "bedazzeled" them herself?
Now thats CLASSY!
I worry that kids raised by that lady are still allowed to roam free in society. They need help big time.
Prison !!?? The judge is an idiot.
Yet more news from Planet X!
She'll probably have an easier time finding a boyfriend in jail through a pen-pal. If the Menendez brothers can do it...
Just. Damn. I mean, I've worked in a casual environment for most of my adult life, and I pretty much live in jeans and polo shirts or sweaters, depending on the season. But I put on slacks and a tie for court. Even if it's just traffic court. Some folks don't have no home trainin'.
This just reminds me that if I found a magic lamp with a genie in it, my first wish would be that abject ignorance would be physically painful. That way, more people would make the effort to cure themselves of it.
Been to any funerals lately?
Unfortunately, I have. I have found that when wearing a suit, I am the most dressed up person there, other than those officiating.
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