Mom Sentenced for Teen Booze Party

(Hamilton, Massachusetts) In March 2007, a former secretary at North Shore High School, Natalie A. Nemeskal, was charged with nine counts of providing alcohol to minors and one count of witness intimidation, all resulting from having a liquor and sex party with students at her home. The count of witness intimidation resulted from allegedly pressuring a student to recant an earlier statement to police.

This week, 32-year-old Nemeskal was found guilty on all counts and sentenced.

Natalie Nemeskal, 32, of 4 Oak Ave., Hamilton, walked out of Newburyport District Court after Judge Michael Uhlarik suspended for two years her sentence of six months in jail for nine counts of procuring alcohol for minors.

The judge also continued without a finding for two years a felony charge of witness intimidation related to Nemeskal getting a tenant in her home to concoct a story about the party.

Regarding the allegations of sexual activity, it seems that Nemeskal was intimate with a 17 or 18-year-old student at the party but the relations were not considered criminal. However, it seems there should be some question about the appropriateness of Nemeskal having a teen booze party with her 11-year-old daughter in the house. It wasn't addressed by the court.

In continuing the charge, Uhlarik said he did not want Nemeskal's chances of attending nursing school to be harmed by the felony. The judge also gave Nemeskal probation, with terms including counseling, drug testing, no drugs or alcohol, compliance with the state Department of Social Services and having no contact with the victims.

And Uhlarik scolded her on the seriousness of providing alcohol to teens.

So, as I read it, Nemeskal gets probation with blah, blah, blah, some other stuff but no jail. Open the champagne!