Prison for mom who dumped dead baby

Receives 10 year jail sentence
MINEOLA Erma Stephens was convicted of manslaughter and evidence tampering last November in a bench trial conducted by Nassau County Court Judge George Peck. She was cleared of murder charges.

The 35-year-old woman was arrested in December 2006. Her baby was discovered in a trash bag on the platform of the Hicksville railroad station and detectives saw her on video surveillance tapes.

Prosecutors say Stephens was embarrassed because her son was born outside marriage.

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