Fresh troubles for stripper who avoided jail over death of 2 year old daughter killed in fire

A Brooklyn mom whose unattended daughter died in a fire while she worked as a stripper now faces up to four years in prison after she was arrested this month and charged with assault, a violation of her plea agreement.

Last month, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Deborah Dowling learned Leila Aquino was arrested for repeatedly punching someone in the face with her fist and a knife sharpener.


In October, Leila Aquino broke down in tears while pleading guilty to criminally negligent homicide for leaving 2-year-old Kaleenah Muldrow alone inside their Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment on Feb. 23, 2016.
Authorities said she left the girl alone all night — less than three weeks after she had a dispute with a baby-sitter who said Aquino owed her $200.

As a condition of her plea deal at the time, in which she avoided time behind bars, Aquino, 21, was ordered to complete a program with the Women’s Prison Association and to stay out of trouble before the judge would sentence her to three years’ probation.

“At the court’s directive, she was told not to be arrested on any new matters,” Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Deborah Dowling said on Monday.

The judge warned Aquino that if a grand jury returned an indictment for the felony assault, she could go to Rikers Island pending the sentencing for the criminally negligent homicide charges related to the death of her 2-year-old daughter Kaleenah Muldrow on Feb. 23, 2016.

Prosecutors informed the judge that Aquino was indicted for the assault case. The judge remanded her without bail on Tuesday until her sentencing for the underlying case.

The judge will determine on May 3 whether Aquino will receive probation or up to four years in prison for the death of her daughter.

If convicted, Aquino faces up to seven years for the assault case.


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