A Pennsylvania woman has been sentenced to jail time for helping the man she lived with tattoo a smiley face and a derogatory word on a 12-year-old girl.
The Meadville Tribune reports that 30-year-old Melissa Becker, of Centerville, Pa., was sentenced on Tuesday of this week by a Crawford County judge.
She will serve four months to two years behind bars.
The girl told police that Charlton tattooed the smiley face and a vulgar term for a woman on her left forearm when she spent the night at their residence.
It is not clear why the 12-year-old stayed with them.
Officials say Becker's sentence will also require two years' probation for what she and 33-year-old Randall Charlton III have pleaded guilty to.
The two were convicted of corruption of a minor and tattooing a minor for the incident on May 14. Charlton has yet to be sentenced for his role.
Becker also pleaded guilty to a third criminal charge, endangering the welfare of a child, a first-degree misdemeanor, the prosecutor's office said.
County prosecutors say Charlton and Becker didn't contact the girl's mother for permission to be tattooed, which is against the law in Pennsylvania.
Their relation, or connection, to the girl is unclear.
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