Disposing Fetus Gets East Hanover Couple Probation

An East Hanover couple accused of disposing their child's fetus into a garbage can was entered Tuesday into the state's Pretrial Intervention program.

Erin Dougherty, 25, and her 31-year-old boyfriend were accepted into the probation program after each were .

They each were granted one-year PTI and received 25 hours of community service, according to the Daily Record. They were each fined $125, including a $50 victim compensation fund assessment, the Daily Record reported.

The couple has maintained that the child was stillborn. However, authorities were suspicious and heard what they said were

Medical records also indicated that Doughtery sought an abortion, but was denied by an Englewood clinic because a doctor there believed the fetus appeared to be 26 or 27 weeks old at the time, according to NJ.com.

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