Amber Childs Pleads No Contest to Reduced Charges

(Provo, Utah) Well, the enduring case of alleged sex crimes against a 5-year-old boy by Amber Childs is coming to conclusion. As of July 2006, Childs faced felony charges of aggravated sex abuse of a child, sodomy on a child and tampering with a witness or juror.

However, the case took a turn yesterday and all her charges were reduced to misdemeanors in accordance with a deal from the prosecutors.

From NewsNet.byu.edu:

A woman from Palmyra in south Utah County pleaded no contest Tuesday to three charges relating to an incident of sexual abuse of a young boy that happened four years ago.

Amber Childs, 30, was originally charged with aggravated sex abuse of a child, sodomy on a child, and tampering with a witness or juror in 2002, according to court records.

On Tuesday in 4th District Court, all three charges were reduced to class-A misdemeanors resulting in two charges of lewdness involving a child and one charge of attempted tampering with a witness or juror.

Childs pleaded no contest to the reduced charges but will be sentenced Nov. 6 as if she pleaded guilty.

The charges were changed to lewdness with a child and attempted tampering with a witness. I speculate that she'll receive no jail time when sentenced.


[Update 12/26/06]

Childs sentenced.


[Update 12/18/07]

Childs gets 30 days for probation violation.