Mom Who Abducted Son From Green Brook Home Pleads Guilty: Report

SOMERVILLE, NJ — An East Brunswick mother who abducted her son from his grandmother’s home in Green Brook plead guilty to violating probation on Monday in Somerset County Superior Court, according to nj.com.

As a result of violating her probation, she is facing a five-year state prison sentence.

Amy Streko, 34, of East Brunswick and her husband Michael Streko, 34 had kidnapped their 8-year-old son Everett on July 17, 2015 from his grandmother’s house in Green Brook, violating a court custody order.

The parents were arrested July 25, 2015 after Michael, asked other children for “drugs” in Port Jervis, N.Y.

Both pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree interference with the custody of a minor child and were sentenced to five years of probation on Nov. 20, 2015.

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However, last month Amy Streko was charged with breaking into two homes on Milltown Road and Herbert Drive in East Brunswick while the owners were away, violating her probation.

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Amy Streko had been in drug court as part of her probation but tested positive for drugs on Jan. 28 where she was then required to stay in a halfway house. But she left the facility and is now facing termination from drug court and re-sentencing on her original charge of second-degree taking and detaining a minor, according to nj.com.

Sentencing for Amy Streko is set for April 3 where a judge can either sentence her to five years or readmit her to drug court.

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