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Woman sentenced for having son dress up as Scout
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| 5-16-08
| Staff
Posted on 05/18/2008 7:40:23 PM PDT by atomic conspiracy
EASTON, Pa. - A former Bethlehem woman will serve up to 23 months in prison for having her 7-year-old son dress as a Cub Scout to collect money for a nonexistent cause.
Sally Ann Gombocz, 51, told a Northampton County judge she wanted to apologize to anyone she hurt. She previously pleaded guilty to theft by deception and corruption of a minor.
Gombocz had her son dress as a scout in 2003 and tell people he was raising money for a camping trip. A prosecutor says the family collected $69.
Gombocz was sentenced Friday to six to 23 months in the county jail. She also was fined $2,000, ordered to perform community service, take parenting classes, have psychological counseling and submit to random urine screens. She also must pay restitution.
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: freak; mommydearest; scouting
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I wonder what the kid (now 12 years old) is going to do while his whack-job mom cools her heels in jail?
It would be great if he could be enrolled in the legitimate Boy Scouts and sent to a real summer camp. PA freepers, especially scouting types, might want to look into this.
To: atomic conspiracy
Head line is a bit misleading.
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posted on
05/18/2008 7:48:48 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Hillary/Obama or John Mccain - -easy choice for me.)
To: atomic conspiracy
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posted on
05/18/2008 7:49:23 PM PDT
by
lawnguy
(The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil-Cicero)
To: atomic conspiracy
23 months?
Seems pretty harsh.
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posted on
05/18/2008 7:49:39 PM PDT
by
Michael.SF.
("They're not Americans. They're liberals! "-- Ann Coulter, May 15, 2008)
To: atomic conspiracy
The headline is just a bit deceiving. She isn't in trouble for having him dress as a scout - she's in trouble for having him impersonate a scout for financial gain.
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posted on
05/18/2008 7:50:39 PM PDT
by
meyer
(Still conservative, no longer Republican)
To: atomic conspiracy
Woman sentenced for having son dress up as Scout con job.
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posted on
05/18/2008 7:56:40 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: atomic conspiracy
shame on this "woman."
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posted on
05/18/2008 7:56:49 PM PDT
by
robomatik
((wine plug: renascentvineyards.com cabernet sauvignon, riesling, and merlot))
To: atomic conspiracy
At least she didn’t have him impersonate a Campfire Girl.
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posted on
05/18/2008 7:59:41 PM PDT
by
HerrBlucher
(Asked on his deathbed why he was reading the bible, WC Fields replied "I'm looking for loopholes.")
To: atomic conspiracy
Gombocz was sentenced Friday to six to 23 months in the county jail. She also was fined $2,000, ordered to perform community service, take parenting classes, have psychological counseling and submit to random urine screens. She also must pay restitution.
Sounds like her scam pails in significance to the one the city has going on. Every relative of the judge will get a piece of her.
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posted on
05/18/2008 8:01:44 PM PDT
by
microgood
To: atomic conspiracy
“Gombocz had her son dress as a scout in 2003 and tell people he was raising money for a camping trip. A prosecutor says the family collected $69.
Gombocz was sentenced Friday to six to 23 months in the county jail. She also was fined $2,000, ordered to perform community service, take parenting classes, have psychological counseling and submit to random urine screens. She also must pay restitution.”
And they vote for Her Thighness since HT is such a compassionate person, just like they are. After all, HT does no more than stiff waitresses and arrange for liabilities to be killed. But, at least HT is not a cub scout!
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posted on
05/18/2008 8:04:18 PM PDT
by
Rembrandt
(We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
To: atomic conspiracy
Agreed on the Scouts, but they prosecute this 5 years later? Sounds like bull$hit.
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posted on
05/18/2008 8:06:27 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. (Say no to RINOs))
To: Rembrandt; atomic conspiracy
Whoa! Extreme Thread Hijack!
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posted on
05/18/2008 8:07:18 PM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: atomic conspiracy; RonF; AppauledAtAppeasementConservat; Looking for Diogenes; ...
It’s not Nice to fool with the Scouts.
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posted on
05/18/2008 8:10:14 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs to said?)
To: darkangel82
No,.. sounds like all the legal machinations to delay trial by defense and the clogged court dockets because of not enough judges confirmed at state or federal level.
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posted on
05/18/2008 8:13:32 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs to said?)
To: SandRat
True, but we know how PA govt is. I agree that this kid should join the real Scouts, might do him some good. They did a lot for me, even if I would not be welcome in their company now.
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posted on
05/18/2008 8:17:01 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(If you're not part of the solution, you are part of the problem. (Say no to RINOs))
To: atomic conspiracy; Lijahsbubbe; aculeus; dighton; martin_fierro
Woman sentenced for having son dress up as Scout Demi Moore, while flattered, hopes this isn't just a Rumor.
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posted on
05/18/2008 8:25:18 PM PDT
by
Ezekiel
To: Ezekiel; atomic conspiracy
Aw, that poor kid. Seven years old. Kick that lady in the teeth.
To: atomic conspiracy
A former Bethlehem woman will serve up to 23 months in prison...Yet, illegal aliens are free to roam...
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posted on
05/18/2008 8:47:39 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(May is Liberal Awareness Month.)
To: atomic conspiracy
A former Bethlehem woman will serve up to 23 months in prison for having her 7-year-old son dress as a Cub Scout to collect money for a nonexistent cause. Stupid woman. You should've had him dress up as a Republican running for Congress.
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posted on
05/18/2008 8:52:29 PM PDT
by
Texas Eagle
(Could pacifists exist if there weren't people brave enough to go to war for their right to exist?)
To: Texas Eagle
23 months. What a waste of the taxpayers $$. Why not bring back the pillory? There’s got to be plenty of rotten tomatoes around. Better yet, have the sow paint a sign with what she did, and have her stand outside of Wally*Mart for a week.
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posted on
05/18/2008 8:58:18 PM PDT
by
QBFimi2
(Ve are the New World Order; ve bring to the world dis-order. Spike Jones, 1943.)
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