Heather DiCarlo is a 36-year-old former beauty queen who was crowned Mrs. New Jersey in 2005. On May 8, 2009, DiCarlo was sentenced to approximately a year in prison for writing more than $70,000 in bad checks at an antique store in 2007. DiCarlo is expected to serve about two months of the sentence.NJ.com: Ex-Mrs. New Jersey gets year in jail for $70K in bad checks (May 8, 2009)
Previous Arrests
The 2007 incident in which DiCarlo wrote over $70,000 in bad checks wasn't her first run in with the law. Over the past ten years DiCarlo has been arrested eight times for theft-related crimes and in 1999 she was sentenced to six months in jail.NJ.com: Ex-Mrs. New Jersey gets year in jail for $70K in bad checks (May 8, 2009)
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Heather DiCarlo
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"Hedy"
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36 years old (in 2009)
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Crowned Mrs. New Jersey in 2005
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Has two sons ages 5 and 7
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DiCarlo currently lives in Bradenton, Florida
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DiCarlo wrote over $70,000 in bad checks at an antique store in Sloatsburg, New York in 2007
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DiCarlo pleaded guilty to three counts of writing bad checks and one count of theft by deceptionNJ.com: Ex-Mrs. New Jersey gets year in jail for $70K in bad checks (May 8, 2009)
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Judge Sekou handed down the maximum sentence allowed under a plea agreement DiCarlo reached with the Essex County Prosecutor's OfficeNJ.com: Ex-Mrs. New Jersey gets year in jail for $70K in bad checks (May 8, 2009)
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She is expected to serve at least two months in jail
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Judge Sekou said she felt giving DiCarlo only probation would send the wrong message to people less fortunate than DiCarloNJ.com: Ex-Mrs. New Jersey gets year in jail for $70K in bad checks (May 8, 2009)
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Judge Sekou will allow DiCarlo to report for her jail time on June 8, after her children's school graduationsNJ.com: Ex-Mrs. New Jersey gets year in jail for $70K in bad checks (May 8, 2009)
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Had she not accepted a plea bargain, DiCarlo could have been given up to 10 years in prison if convicted at trialNJ.com: Ex-Mrs. New Jersey gets year in jail for $70K in bad checks (May 8, 2009)
