Last defendant in barista sex case escapes jail time
Jan 22, 2016, 2:08 AM | Updated: Sep 30, 2024, 11:25 am
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) — An espresso stand worker who pleaded guilty to helping her boss run a prostitution operation out of the Snohomish County business will not receive jail time.
The Daily Herald reports 25-year-old Samantha Lancaster faced up to eight months in jail, but was spared time behind bars Wednesday after cooperating in a criminal investigation.
She agreed to testify against former sheriff’s sergeant Darrell O’Neill, who was sentenced to a year in jail for sharing information about undercover police investigations of the coffee stands to the former owner.
Carmela Panico was also charged in the case. The former owner of the coffee stands pleaded guilty to promoting prostitution and money laundering, but didn’t receive jail time.
Deputy prosecutor Bob Hendrix said Lancaster was “perhaps the least culpable” of the three defendants.
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Information from: The Daily Herald, http://www.heraldnet.com
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