Emails Lead to Child Sex Conviction and Jail - Updated

(Mercer, Pennsylvania) This week, 20-year-old Ashley Irene Moore was sentenced by Common Pleas President Judge Francis J. Fornelli to 6-24 months in jail.

Mrs. Moore’s husband, Tucker Moore, defended her in court. He said they were only married two years ago and he shipped out for the military soon after. They have twin children, and he has been emotionally unavailable for all but two months of their lives. [...]

“She’s just a great mom and a great wife,” he told Fornelli, and asked him not to make an example of her.

Fornelli said he could think of nothing more awful than being overseas, finding out a spouse has been unfaithful, and learning it was with a 14-year-old. He further scolded the woman for doing that to her husband, but mid-scold, she interrupted him.

“He cheated, so I went out and cheated,” she said. Mrs. Moore told Fornelli she got into his e-mails and found out her husband had an affair while overseas. Her attorney, Dana Flick, said he had reason to believe she was correct.

Judge Fornelli told Moore, who is pregnant, that she would be paroled to have her child out of jail, provided she behaves, of course.

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Emails to Hubby Result in Child Sex Charges
[Previous 8/15/08 post]
(Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) The 19-year-old wife of a U.S. Army soldier, Ashley Moore, faces criminal charges for allegedly engaging in sex with a 14-year-old boy. The husband, PFC Tucker Moore, was stationed in South Korea when Ashley sent him emails admitting that she had engaged in sex with the boy.

Moore contacted police in Grove City, about 50 miles north of Pittsburgh, in May. He forwarded two e-mails from his wife which "basically state" she was sorry for sleeping with a 14-year-old, according to a police affidavit.

Police said she also admitted the affair when they interviewed her. The boy told police they dated two to three months.

She was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on charges of statutory sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse and corruption of minors.

Tucker Moore said in a telephone interview that he was upset when he contacted police three months ago.

According to Mercer County District Attorney Robert Kochems, sex with a 14-year-old by a person four or more years older is a crime in Pennsylvania.