Read News
|
Pocono News Section
Mother Pleads Guilty to Killing Her Baby
Mother Pleads Guilty to Killing Her Baby - Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 6:11PM EST
Reported by: Andy Mehalshick
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 @ 06:11pm EST
HAZLETON, LUZERNE COUNTY- A mother from Luzerne County says she is guilty in the death of her infant son. Heather Breeland of Hazleton was accused of killing her baby after a night of drinking and doing drugs.
In December she was charged with suffocating her 3-week-old son Joseph in September of 2006 at their home on North Church Street. Investigators say Breeland was drunk and high on drugs when she rolled over on her baby in the middle of the night.
WBRE News spoke with her the day after her baby's death and she insisted she did nothing wrong. "It was natural it had nothing to do with me there are stories that I rolled on my baby not true at all can't say too much until autopsy," she said.
At the time Heather said Joseph had been sick since birth and appeared to be okay that night. But now she admits she was drunk and that she did cause the death of her son. She pled guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter.
She now faces 5 to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors say Breeland put her own needs and gratification before her baby and the baby paid the price.
She is free on bail and will be sentenced next month.
| |
|
|
|