A state prison psychologist pleaded no contest today to a felony conspiracy charge related to her falsely reporting to police that she had been sexually assaulted.
As a result of Laurie Ann Martinez' plea, Sacramento Superior Court Judge Kevin J. McCormick sentenced her to five years probation and 180 days in the sheriff's work furlough program.
Authorities said Martinez, 36, staged the attack to convince her husband to move out of their neighborhood.
Martinez' co-defendant, Nicole Snyder, 33, who assisted Martinez in the April 10 ploy at the psychologist's Norgard Court home in Sacramento, also entered a no-contest plea to a misdemeanor conspiracy charge.
McCormick sentenced Snyder to three years probation and 90 days of community service.
Deputy District Attorney Chris Carlson said in court today that Snyder helped Martinez remove an X-Box and laptop computers stored the items at her own residence to make it look like her friend's house had been robbed.
According to police and prosecutors, Snyder put on boxing gloves and slugged Marrtinez to to inflict facial injuries. Carlson said Martinez also ripped open her blouse and took off her pants to make the case look like a sexual assault. Carlson said Martinez reported to the case in her 911 call as a sexual attack.
Martinez, who worked at California State Prison - Sacramento, has since been fired by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Carlson said.
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