FARMINGTON – A Madison woman and a Skowhegan man were sentenced Friday in connection with a home invasion, assault and parental taking of a 4-year-old child from the other parent in Farmington last year.
Jennifer Woodbury, 27, pleaded no contest Feb. 8 to a felony charge of aggravated trespassing at the Farmington home of her son’s father in the early morning hours on March 2, 2009. The couple had an informal custody agreement, but the child had been living with his father for about four months when the incident occurred, Farmington police said previously.
Under the law, a judge rules that a person pleading no contest to a charge is guilty of that charge, but that ruling cannot be used against the person in other proceedings including civil lawsuits.
Joseph Magee, 32, pleaded guilty Feb. 8 to a felony charge of aggravated trespassing and a misdemeanor charge of assault. Magee was accused of assaulting the child’s father in the process of taking the child.
Justice Michaela Murphy accepted the pleas and agreements from the couple Friday.
Assistant District Attorney Andrew Robinson said Friday that an agreement was reached whereby Woodbury’s sentence would be deferred for a year. If she does not possess or use alcohol, illegal drugs or dangerous weapons, submits to searches and undergoes substance abuse counseling, she will be able to withdraw her plea to the felony and plead to two misdemeanor charges of criminal trespass and assault for an unconditional release.
Magee was sentenced to serve nine months of a 30-month sentence on the aggravated criminal trespassing charge and two years probation. He was also sentenced to serve six months on the assault charge to run concurrent with the 30-month sentence, according to court documents.
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