DA urges no house arrest for woman who abused adopted Ethiopian children

By Lexi Belculfine / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Allegheny County district attorney’s office doesn’t want a woman who admitted abusing two adopted children from Ethiopia released on home confinement and electronic monitoring. Kristen Barbour, 32, of Franklin Park, pleaded no contest in June to two felony counts of endangering the welfare of children and was sentenced

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DA urges no house arrest for woman who abused adopted Ethiopian children

By Lexi Belculfine / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Allegheny County district attorney’s office doesn’t want a woman who admitted abusing two adopted children from Ethiopia released on home confinement and electronic monitoring. Kristen Barbour, 32, of Franklin Park, pleaded no contest in June to two felony counts of endangering the welfare of children and was sentenced

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Protest planned over sentencing in abuse of adopted Ethiopian children

Pittsburgh Post Gazette  A member of the Allegheny County Children, Youth and Families advisory board is organizing an event Friday to protest what she considers a lenient sentence for a former Franklin Park couple accused of abusing their adopted Ethiopian children. “My personal calling is advocating for the most vulnerable children,” said Joanna Huss, who

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Couple sentenced for endangering adopted Ethiopian children

By Paula Reed Ward Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A former Franklin Park couple who pleaded no contest to endangering the welfare of two Ethiopian children they adopted were sentenced today under terms of a deal they struck with prosecutors last year. Douglas and Kristen Barbour each had pleaded no contest to two counts of endangerment. Common Pleas

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Couple charged in the abuse of their adoptive children from Ethiopia reached a plea bargain

CBS local PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A Franklin Park couple charged in the abuse of their adoptive children from Ethiopia reached a plea bargain Monday morning. Douglas and Kristen Barbour each pleaded no contest to child endangerment, in exchange for other charges being dismissed. Douglas Barbour was put on probation and he could lose his law

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