
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: TUESDAY, May 8, 1990                   TAG: 9005080408
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: ASHLAND, WIS.                                LENGTH: Short

PROSECUTION DROPPED OF RARE ADULTERY CHARGE

A woman charged under the state's seldom-enforced adultery law won't be prosecuted, according to an agreement filed Monday.

The deferred prosecution agreement requires Donna E. Carroll, 28, to perform 40 hours of community service and attend two months of parental counseling sessions.

If she complies with the conditions the charge will be dismissed at the end of that period, under the agreement signed Monday by acting Ashland County Circuit Court Judge Thomas J. Gallagher.

District Attorney Robert E. Eaton, who filed the charge against Carroll in July, did not return a call to his office Monday. He has refused in recent weeks to discuss the case.

Carroll's lawyer, Jay S. Moynihan, said she entered into the agreement to avoid going through a trial. Carroll, a homemaker, has been free on a $1,000 signature bond and has moved to Janesville with her 7-year-old son. Their phone number is unlisted.

- Associated Press

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