Woman Gets Probation; Fled to Cuba With Son
A woman who took her 5-year-old son to Cuba without his father’s permission has been sentenced to three years’ probation for international parental kidnapping.
Arletis Blanco, 29, was sentenced after pleading guilty in a federal court in Key West, Fla.
Blanco faced up to a year in prison, but U.S. District Judge James Paine departed from sentencing guidelines at the request of Assistant U.S. Atty. Benjamin Daniel and Blanco’s attorney.
Blanco returned now 6-year-old Jonathon Colombini to his father earlier this month. She has visitation rights.
Blanco, a Florida resident, fled to Cuba on Nov. 12 on a fishing boat with her boyfriend, her young daughter and Jonathon.
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