Posted on 12/09/2010 6:15:45 PM PST by Stoat
A former UA law school student and beauty queen was sentenced to two years in prison plus six years probation Thursday for her part in the kidnapping and torture of her former boyfriend.
Kumari Fulbright is leaning over and talking to her attorney Steve Sherick during her sentencing in Superior Court Thursday morning.
Kumari Fulbright, 28, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit kidnapping and aggravated assault as part of a plea agreement that stipulated the prison sentence.
It was left up to Pima County Superior Court Judge Michael Miller to decide how long she should be on probation following her release.
Defense attorney Steve Sherick asked for 18 months of probation. Prosecutor Michael Jette didn’t specify how long he thought she should be placed on probation, but told Miller she didn’t live up to the terms of her plea agreement and almost had it revoked.
According to prosecutors, Fulbright was dating Joshua Conway in the fall of 2007 when she asked him to sell jewelry she was given by her former boyfriend, Robert Ergonis.
When Ergonis came back into Fulbright’s life, Jette and co-counsel Kim Ortiz said Fulbright lied and told Ergonis Conway had stolen and sold the jewelry.
Fulbright lured Conway to her apartment on Dec. 8, 2007, and Ergonis and David Radde jumped him, the prosecutors said. Another man, Larry Hammond, helped to detain him.
Conway was beaten, cut with a knife and held at gunpoint for hours until he was able to escape.
Fulbright, Radde and Hammond entered deals with the state and agreed to testify against Ergonis at his trial last month.
Ergonis was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, kidnapping, armed robbery and aggravated robbery. Jurors acquitted him on a second count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, choosing instead to convict him of a less serious assault charge. He’s scheduled to be sentenced next week.
Fulbright told jurors the plan was only for Ergonis to talk Conway into telling them where the jewelry was.
On Thursday, Jette told Miller Fulbright has done “anything and everything” to protect Ergonis, thus violating her promise to tell the truth on the stand. She also told Radde what he should testify, Jette said.
Conway’s desire to move on with his life is the only reason Fulbright was extended a plea agreement in the first place and it’s the only reason it hasn’t been revoked, Jette said.
Fulbright still hasn’t accepted responsibility for her actions or shown remorse, Jette said.
Sherick told Miller his client’s testimony was truthful and consistent with police statements and defense interviews she’s given. The defense attorney cited Fulbright’s remorse and behavior while on pretrial release and while in jail as reasons for a short term of probation.
Miller ordered Fulbright to pay $15,000 restitution. He also agreed to allow Fulbright to move to Florida when she is released from prison.
Contact reporter Kim Smith at 573-4241 or kimsmith@azstarnet.com
Courtesy Tucson Police Dept. Kumari Fulbright is shown in this police booking mug from January, 2008.
Kumari Fulbright appears in Pima County Superior Court in March, 2008. Fulbright was in court for a short hearing where she received permission to move to Texas.
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Guilty, on ALL counts!
First off..beauty queen?
Secondly...law student?
Thirdly....move to FLORIDA?
NO THANKS!!
Ex-Arizona beauty queen gets prison time
Fulbright and three men were arrested in December 2007 after the alleged victim told police he'd been tied up and kept captive for eight to 10 hours, robbed and tortured.
Fulbright ran in the Miss Arizona contest and was named Miss Pima County in 2005 and Miss Desert Sun in 2006.
She’s very “Ex”
Guilty, on ALL counts!
A testament to "the power of maekup" I suppose.
I'd hate to see the girls that LOST!
She’s very “Ex” Sometimes the 'celebrity' sections of websites will run photo spreads of "Stars without Makeup".
Sometimes the difference is breathtaking, and you wouldn't even recognize the person if you walked past them without makeup on.
First off..beauty queen?
Secondly...law student?
Thirdly....move to FLORIDA?
NO THANKS!!
Astonishing, isn't it? Some people are handed incredible opportunities and then they throw it all away.
You can take the thug out of the 'hood......
“He also agreed to allow Fulbright to move to Florida when she is released from prison.”
Not another crazy moving here. Keep em where you breed em.
Multiple times, with a poorly-tuned beeber stuner.
That implies that she was the prettiest one in the contest.
My, my.
The makeup artists and photographer/photoshop-experts deserve an award for the miracles they performed!
With a change like that I’d say she got heavy into drugs.
Once was hot, now is not.
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