HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The mother of a Connecticut teenager who was accused of setting five fires in Enfield has pleaded guilty to charges she tried to undermine prosecutors’ case against her son.
The Hartford Courant reports (https://cour.at/2kkLcLp ) Theresa Izzo (EYE’-zoh) pleaded guilty Tuesday to tampering with a witness and fabricating physical evidence under the Alford doctrine. That means that while she disagrees with some evidence she acknowledges there is enough for a conviction.
Izzo is expected to be sentenced to eight years in prison, suspended after one year, in April.
Authorities say Izzo had two co-workers at an East Hartford diner sign letters saying her son, 18-year-old Davidson Izzo, was there during the time of one of the reported fires.
Davidson Izzo pleaded guilty last month to setting two fires in 2014 and 2015.
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Information from: Hartford Courant, https://www.courant.com
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