Months after admitting in court before family members that she had sex
with two teenage boys, Beth Modica might make her final appearance
this week for some time.
Modica, 44, a mother of four children,
a former prosecutor and Sloatsburg PTA member,
is scheduled for sentencing Wednesday on her guilty pleas to felony charges
of third-degree rape and third-degree criminal sexual act.
She faces a maximum of two years in prison when sentenced by acting
state Supreme Court Justice Catherine Bartlett in New City.
Modica also faces 10 years post-release supervision, registering as a sex offender
with the state and paying about $1,300 in DNA testing and court fees.
She also will be disbarred.
Modica's lawyer, Gerard Damiani of New City, said he's holding out hope
that the judge will sentence Modica to six months in the county jail and 10 years' probation -
or even probation with time served.
Modica has been jailed since she pleaded guilty in April.
She was moved to an upstate jail for her own protection because
her estranged husband is Spring Valley Police Chief Paul Modica.
When pleading guilty in April,
Modica admitted that she had intercourse with a 16-year-old boy in her bed
and gave oral sex to a 15-year-old boy in the bathroom in July 2007 in her Sloatsburg home.
Her husband and children were away at the time.
Modica also admitted she knew that both Suffern High School boys -
who were friends with her eldest son - were underage at the time.
She had been accused of providing oral sex to the 16-year-old on several other occasions.
(LoHud)
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