Guilty plea entered for Nampa mother charged in infant's death

Guilty plea entered for Nampa mother charged in infant's death

Allysen Armenta entered a guilty plea in her 12-day-old son Benji's death, facing charges per Canyon County documents. Benji's Law arose from his death.

Idaho mother pleads guilty to three felonies for covering up her son’s death

The mother of a newborn pleaded guilty to several felonies Thursday related to the accidental suffocation of her 12-day-old son. Allysen Armenta, 28, and the boy’s father, Brian Lemke, 32, were arrested late last year over allegations that they covered up the circumstances of their son Benjamin’s death. The couple have prior convictions for child abuse and had lost custody of children before, ...

Coroner rules infant's cause of death as suffocation; mother pleads guilty as part of agreement

The woman charged in the death of her infant son is pleading guilty to several charges, including felony injury to a child, as part of a plea agreement.In court Thursday, Allysen Armenta entered Alford pleas to two of the other charges: Destruction, alteration, or concealment of evidence and destruction or concealment of a crime scene/removal of a body. An Alford plea means shes admitting the facts alleged are true and that the state has enough …