UPDATED: Former State Senator Heads to Newton Court After Craiglist Sale Goes Sour

Updated Aug. 21, 3:15 p.m.

The Middlesex County District Attorney's office has dropped misdemeanor larceny charges filed against former State Sen. Cheryl Jacques, according to a report in the Boston Herald. 

Earlier today, District Court Judge Dyanne J. Klein upheld the DA's request to drop the charges, which were filed after a Sudbury woman claimed Jacques sold her an incomplete children's toy on craiglist.

“I know that Judge Jacques is gratified that this is behind her,” Jacques' lawyer, Leonard Kessen, told the Herald during a press conference. “The Pack ’N Play case as a criminal matter is over. It never should have been in criminal courts to begin with. It’s too ridiculous for words.”

Posted earlier:

A former state senator is headed to this week to face a misdemeanor charge of larceny by false pretenses after she allegedly sold an incomplete baby toy to a woman on Craigslist.

According to a report in the Boston Herald, Cheryl Ann Jacques, who is an administrative judge with the state Department of Industrial Accidents, sold a Graco "Pack 'n Play Playard" to 39-year-old Tracey Christopher, of Sudbury, for $75.

Read the full story in the Boston Herald. 

Christopher alleges that she spoke with Jacques prior to the sale to see if the toy was in working order, the Herald reported, but when she returned home with the toy, it was missing parts. 

“It’s amazing. It’s too ridiculous for words that this is in the criminal justice system,” Jacques’ attorney Leonard H. Kesten told the Herald. “You would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she knew there were parts missing and then lied about it. It’s a ridiculous concept.”

If convicted, Jacques could face up to a year in jail and a $300 fine, the Herald said. However, Kesten told the paper that the case is likely to be dismissed.