'Party Mom' pleads guilty, will spend 2 years in prison

A 44-year-old mother of four and former Rockland prosecutor walked into the Rockland County Courthouse Friday and pleaded guilty to having sex with two teenage boys. Beth Modica pleaded guilty to third-degree

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