Tanya McDowell sentenced to 5 yrs for drug dealing and sending child to public school out of area [View all]

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I just couldn't stand the original UPI title "Mom gets 5 years for stealing education". Anyway here's an excerpt:

NORWALK, Conn., Feb. 23 (UPI) -- A Connecticut woman has been sentenced to five years in prison for drug charges and sending her son to school outside the town in which she lived.

Tanya McDowell, 34, pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree larceny by defrauding a public community under the Alford doctrine, and three counts of selling drugs to undercover police officers in Norwalk, The Connecticut Post of Bridgeport reported. She said she did not steal her son's education, but agreed she would probably be convicted if she went to trial.

McDowell was sentenced to 12 years in jail, which would be suspended after she serves five years, and five years probation.

She pleaded guilty this month to two counts of selling drugs to undercover officers in Bridgeport and is scheduled to be sentenced to as much as five years in jail March 27 for those charges. As part of the plea bargain, McDowell would be able to serve both sentences concurrently.

Geez...I am astounded why the state even went after this case in the first place. How much did it cost Connecticut to prosecute and later incarcerate McDowell vs. educating her child? This obviously is pandering to the arrogant authoritarian families living in the school district, I suppose.