Plotting ex-wife gets 7-14 years in jail

Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2010-08-25 00:37

Story here. Excerpt:

'BRENTWOOD – Kristin Ruggiero will spend 7 to 14 years in state prison for what police say was part of a years-long ploy to use the criminal justice system against her ex-husband, who was thrown in jail and nearly lost his career during a bitter divorce.

Judge Kenneth McHugh said Ruggiero's attempt to set up her ex-husband and use the legal system as a weapon was unlike any other case he has seen.

"There's a lot of people, usually women, who have been subjected to abuse by their significant others," McHugh said, during Ruggiero's sentencing yesterday. "As a result of her actions, their cases, their safety, their security has been damaged. The web for this is much greater than what has just happened to Mr. Ruggiero."
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While Jeffrey Ruggiero was being investigated, his ex-wife called him at all hours and taunted him over the phone, according to court testimony.

"She mocked him. She laughed at him. (She said) 'I took all your money, I took your daughter and now I am going to take your career'," Assistant County Attorney Jerome Blanchard said in court yesterday.'

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Yet another reason to stay single!

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Submitted by crypter27 on Wed, 2010-08-25 10:37

Quote from the prosecuter:

"Unfortunately for her, we're not in family court anymore,"

This woman was caught only because she tried to destroy the ex in criminal court instead of staying in family court. Apparently she thought that criminal court rewarded fraud, perjury, and conspiracy just like family court.

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Submitted by Arty on Wed, 2010-08-25 15:13