Woman Accused Of Trying To Sell Son Gets Visitation
MIAMI (CBS4) – An Opa Locka woman who reportedly tried to sell her five month old son will now get to visit him and her other two other children three times a week.
Tuesday afternoon, Miami-Dade circuit Judge Michael Hanzman ruled that each visit by 30-year old Kenia Bosque with her children must be supervised and can last no longer than two hours. Therapeutic visits will begin in the next two weeks.
Bosque arrived at Tuesday's hearing without anything to say to waiting reporters.
Inside during a 20 minute hearing , she didn't say much either. In the hearing, her attorney argued for the right to see the child she allegedly tried to sell, but Judge Michael Hanzman appeared concerned.
"Does the state believe the mom should have visitation with the baby," he asked. Bosque's attorney filed a petition that she be allowed visit with her children, including the baby and two children from previous relationships, three times a week.
"So not withstanding your allegation that the mother tried to sell the child you believe it would be appropriate to have the same visitation?" Judge Hanzman asked the state's attorney. There was no objection from anyone in the hearing.
The judge granted the request, although he ordered someone watch over the visits. "Three times a week for two hours at a time, supervised by the agency." Hanzman said.
Meanwhile, Bosque will have to wait a little longer to enter her plea of guilty or not guilty to the charge against her.
Kenia Bosque, 30, was arraigned on an adoption violation charge and released from jail on $25,000 bond. Bosque allegedly tried to sell her son to a man in Monroe County for $7,000. A court hearing scheduled for Tuesday morning in which she was supposed to enter a plea was re-scheduled until January 6th after the state asked for a continuance.
The boy is in the temporary custody of Bosque's husband, Osmani Pellegrin, who is not the biological father but has cared for and been part of the child's life since birth. Pellegrin is the biological father of a 6-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son he shares with Bosque. He and his current girlfriend Mily Vasquez also have a baby girl.
Bosque was arrested in the beginning of December after the Monroe County Sheriff's Office received a tip from a confidential informant that Bosque had arranged a meeting with a man to sell her child.
Working with sheriff's office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arranged for an undercover agent to take part in the meeting. Bosque, however, failed to show at the arranged time and place.
Fearing for the child's safety, sheriff's deputies and FDLE agents went to Bosque's home and had enough evidence to make an arrest.
This was not Bosque's first run in with the law. Last month, she along with two other men were arrested in Monroe County after they allegedly tried to steal copper wire from an old shrimp farm on Summerland Key. The trio was charged with burglary and theft.
