Oct 28, 2009 6:30 am US/Pacific
Mom Allegedly Used Child's Info In Online Sex Ad
Margery Tannenbaum Allegedly Gave Older Men Number In Cragislist Ad To Little Girl's Home
Prosecutors Say She Did It It As Revenge For Fight Between Fourth Grade Daughters
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A Long Island, New York, mother is accused of posting a sexually suggestive ad on Craigslist urging older men to call a little girl in a twisted case of alleged revenge.
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A Long Island mother is accused of posting a sexually suggestive ad on Craigslist urging older men to call a little girl in a twisted case of alleged revenge.
Social worker Margery Tannenbaum, of Hauppauge, is facing aggravated harassment and endangering the welfare of a child charges after allegedly giving sex-seeking men a 9-year old child's name phone number through the online posting. Her lawyer, Tad Scharfenberg, proclaimed her innocence after her court hearing Tuesday following her arrest last spring.
"She's a good mother, she's never been in any trouble before, she takes good care of her kids," he told CBS station WCBS-TV in New York City. "I'm defending her to the fullest, she maintains her innocence."
The listing was allegedly posted after Tannenbaum's fourth grade daughter claimed to have an argument with a 9-year-old classmate from her Smithtown elementary school.
Prosecutors say Tannenbaum, 40, then plotted revenge by listing the provocative e-mail address "lacethong23@yahoo.com," and then giving out the girl's first name and phone number when she received several responses.
According to court documents, the mother of the 9-year-old girl received a call from a man who, upon her answering, asked, "Hey baby, is this [girl's first name]?"
When the woman told the man she was her mother, the caller responded: "Oh, hot lady lives with foxy momma!"
Said the girl's mother: "I told him the hot lady you are referring to is 9-years-old."
The caller then hung up, she said.
Parents in Tannenbaum's school community are hoping for a swift resolution to the case that continues to be a distraction for the children.
"I think we are all going to have the same opinion, it's just wrong," one parent told CBS 2.
"She's a grown woman, she should know right from wrong and there should be no getting off easy for what she did," added another.
So far, the Suffolk County district attorney is asking the state to review Tannenbaum's social work license. She could be asked to undergo counseling and will be back in court next month, maintaining her innocence.
Tannenbaum was the classroom mother last year for the fourth grade, which included her daughter and the alleged victim. This year she was replaced.
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