GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A woman who admitted she took a 3-year-old from a Grand Rapids school bus - then drove the child around for three hours before turning the child over to police - will not go to jail.

Marian Moussa, a 27-year-old New Jersey native, was sentenced to a year on probation Tuesday, Sept. 2, in Kent County Circuit Court.

Moussa had been found not guilty of kidnapping on July 18 after a week-long trial and six hours of deliberation. The jury did find her guilty of misdemeanor charges of marijuana possession and resisting police.

Moussa took 3-year-old Maryanne Curiel from the bus she rode after school on Jan. 14, 2013, then kept the girl for nearly three hours, driving to various locales including Burger King and the Kent County Sheriff’s Department.

During the incident, Moussa made several contacts with authorities during which she claimed she was related to the child, the child was being abused, the child had a bomb in her backpack and was malnourished, according to court testimony. None of those claims were true.

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Police were able to contact Moussa and met her in a church parking lot, where the child was returned to her parents. Police arrested Moussa, who resisted arrest before she was charged with kidnapping.

A jury member said the prosecution "overcharged" Moussa and they could not find that she intended to kidnap the child.

Moussa testified that she took the child and waited for the parents to show up, but when they didn’t she made every effort to return the child to authorities.

In court Tuesday, Moussa apologized for her behavior and stated once again that she did not intend to kidnap the child.

Moussa, who studied at Cooley Law School, has no previous criminal record.

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