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May 11, 2009 3:44 pm US/Eastern

Mom Sentenced For Death Of Baby Put In Trash

WORCESTER (AP) ― The Milford mother of a newborn boy found in a garbage truck has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in jail and 8 years of probation.

Thirty-year-old Allissa Pugh was sentenced Monday, more than three months after Judge Peter Agnes found her guilty of involuntary manslaughter and improper disposal of a body. The judge delayed her sentence pending appeal.

The body of the nearly full-term infant was found in January 2007 as haulers were collecting trash in Pugh's neighborhood. She claimed she believed she was only three months' pregnant and possibly having a miscarriage. But the judge found she recklessly injured the baby trying to speed the delivery.

Prosecutors asked for at least nine years in prison. Her lawyer asked for probation, saying she had mental health issues at the time of the delivery.

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