NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Stephanie Lombardo was back in New Rochelle City Court today where she is facing three separate counts of Aggravated Harassment — Second Degree, all Class A Misdemeanors with a possible sentence of up to three years in the Westchester County Jail.
The case centers on what the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office described as an “intimate relationship gone sour,” — an alleged extramarital affair between Lombardo, aged 34, and David Lacher, age 68, of New Rochelle.
Today’s appearance was to check on the status of Lombardo’s court ordered mental health evaluation and treatment.
Christine Hall, Lombardo’s court-appointed attorney, told the court, her client had completed the MHATI evaluation and was attending weekly anger management sessions.
Mental Health Alternatives to Incarceration (MHATI) provides community services to people with serious mental illnesses by using both intensive and supportive case management. People with serious mental health and those with co-occurring disorders who have been arrested on a misdemeanor or non-violent felony charge may be sentenced to participate in treatment and services under the supervision of the MHATI program.
Rice praised Lombardo’s efforts, saying she had a good “TASC Report”.
TASC (Treatment Accountability for Safer Communities) is a membership association representing over 220 programs across the United States that are dedicated to the professional delivery of assessment and case management services to substance involved criminal justice and court populations. TASC is represented heavily in some states such as Florida, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Arizona, and Colorado.
On May 27, Judge Jared Rice revoked the ROR status of Stephanie Lombardo of New Rochelle and ordered a MHATI psychological evaluation as a non-monetary bail condition.
Lombardo was in court on June 17, and again today to check in with Judge Rice to confirm she was compliant with her bail conditions.
Hall requested an offer to settle the case. The DA declined to make an offer, saying they wanted to see more of a track record with the anger management classes.
Lombardo is due back in court August 18.
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