First Northwestern District Attorney Steven Gagne described Longe as Prince's primary tormenter on Jan. 14, 2010, the last day of her life. Watch video
Ashley Longe in Franklin-Hampshire Juvenile Court in Hadley on Thursday on charges in connection with the Phoebe Prince bullying case.HADLEY - Speaking in Franklin-Hampshire Juvenile Court Thursday afternoon, Phoebe Prince's mother, Anne O'Brien, commended Ashley Longe for showing accountability and remorse in the wake of the South Hadley High School freshman's Jan. 2010 suicide.
Longe, 18, was the final teen to appear in a two-day flurry of resolutions to charges leveled in the months following Prince's death. She admitted to facts sufficient for a delinquency finding on a misdemeanor criminal harassment charge, which was continued without a finding until she turns 19 in April 2012.
Judge Daniel J. Swords sentenced Longe to a period of probation lasting until her nineteenth birthday, under the condition that she does not profit from her role in the case during that time. She must also complete 100 hours of community service, continue working toward her GED, and initiate no contact with the Prince family.
"Ashley asking to meet me for an awful long time now, and I think that shows a lot of courage," O'Brien said in a victim impact statement. Longe finally met O'Brien Wednesday afternoon. After meeting with her daughter's accused bully, O'Brien said she was "very satisfied" that Longe had offered the "accountability and remorse we have been asking for since January 14, 2010."
In support of the criminal harassment charge, First Northwestern District Attorney Steven Gagne described Longe as Prince's primary tormenter on Jan. 14, 2010, the last day of the Irish teen's life.
This is a developing story; it will be updated as we continue our reporting today.