Mom enters plea in child kidnapping

Posted 11/7/19

Aaron Vallaster reported his 9-year-old son, Aidan, as missing June 2, 2016. He had come home three days earlier, May 30, to find his son gone along with his wife, Laurie Vallaster. Aaron Vallaster …

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Mom enters plea in child kidnapping

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Aaron Vallaster reported his 9-year-old son, Aidan, as missing June 2, 2016.He had come home three days earlier, May 30, to find his son gone along with his wife, Laurie Vallaster. Aaron Vallaster told the sheriff’s department he found a note from his wife which stated “I cannot do this anymore,” according to a sheriff’s department report.After filing the missing person report, Vallaster told the sheriff’s department he had been contacted by a woman whose estranged husband allegedly told her he was traveling with Laurie and Aidan Vallaster to Wisconsin.Three weeks later, Laurie Vallaster, 43, was arrested out of state and extradited to Warren County, Sheriff Kevin Harrison said. Details on the status of Aidan Vallaster were not available.Laurie Vallaster was transported to the Warren County Jail June 26 before posting bond. After almost nine months of hearings, she entered into a plea agreement with the Warren County Prosecuting Attorney April 13.Laurie Vallaster entered an Alford Plea for the felony charge of parental kidnapping. Essentially, she denied wrongdoing, but acknowledged that the state had enough evidence to achieve a conviction, according to the prosecuting attorney’s office.In exchange, Warren County Presiding Judge Wes Dalton agreed to forego sentencing Laurie Vallaster as long as she successfully completes five years of supervised probation. If she does, the case will not appear as a felony conviction on her record, according to the prosecuting attorney’s office.Laurie Vallaster


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