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Tiffany Weaver pleaded guilty to posing as a lawyer to get into a prison to have intimate contact with prisoner Jason Moody.
Weaver pleaded guilty Wednesday to identity theft and displaying the government ID of another, but denied allegations from investigators that she engaged in sexual contact with inmate Jason Moody.
“There was never any sexual intercourse,” Weaver’s attorney Ivan Bates told Baltimore City Circuit Judge Althea Handy. “There was no thrusting whatsoever.”
Weaver agreed with that comment in a brief interview after her guilty plea.
“No, there wasn’t,” she said.
Weaver showed prison officers a fake Maryland State Bar Association Security Identification pass with her photo attached to the name of Amanda Sprehn of the Annapolis law firm Hyatt, Peters & Weber on Nov. 13, court records indicate. She also presented jail officials with a business card with Sprehn’s name, according to charging documents.
Weaver visited Moody at Maryland Reception, Diagnostic and Classification Center and, once alone with him in a room for attorney-client visits, was observed by prison officials engaging in sex with Moody, investigators said.
Sprehn said she was surprised to learn of the identity theft from her law firm after prison officials sent her bosses a letter saying she was banned from the facility.
“I was out on maternity leave,” she told The Examiner after Weaver’s arrest. “They informed me they received a letter saying I had been caught having sex with an inmate.”
The experience was especially humiliating for Sprehn because rumors about her having sex with inmates spread throughout the legal community, she said.
“I certainly feel like a victim,” she said. “My reputation is at stake.”
After prison investigators spoke with Sprehn’s law firm, they realized the business card and security pass Weaver presented were fakes, according to charging documents.
Weaver will be sentenced on June 7. Prosecutors are asking for a prison term of six months. Bates is requesting probation.
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12:20 PM MST on Fri., Jun. 8, 2007 re: "Fake lawyer: I did it for love"
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Examiner Reader said:
She gets no jail time for the crime of fraudulently assuming another person's identity to get into a prison. Only in Baltimore.
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what law prohibits sex between consenting adults especially in a private setting. the perpertrator is the peeping tom. if the law permits homosexual activity - dont ask dont tell - why the uproar over heterosexual activity. granted, any man in that setting with the opportunity to get "some" would. coersion would be committing a criminal act as is rape or sexual assault and battery, but the act of conveying love in a sexual manner is a private one in any setting. the woman may be charged in a criminal complaint for id theft but she should be commended for her devotion and resolve. our nation is one of war and hostility. we travel the globe trying to instill our values on others when all we need is peace and harmony. when others rebel against our selfishness and interference. we become the aggressor, war mongers because we cannot have what we want. as a nation, we should honor all men and our nature by sustaining everything that is good and natural. love is our most rewarding trait.
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