A Schuylkill County mother who dumped her newborn's body in the trash is a free woman.

Schuylkill County Judge James Goodman on Monday sentenced Tara Lynne Paltanavage, 23, of Middleport, to four to 23 months in prison on charges of abuse of a corpse and concealing the death of a child, but immediately released her on parole. She'll also serve five years of probation.He also dropped a charge of recklessly endangering another person.Goodman gave Paltanavage credit for the 175 days she's spent in jail. He also ordered her to perform 100 hours of community service.Paltanavage, who has another child, must also comply with the county Children and Youth Services agency's family service plan, have a mental health evaluation and follow-up treatment.Paltanavage pleaded guilty to the charges on Dec. 10.According to police reports, Paltanavage gave birth on July 29 in the bathroom of the Blythe Township home she shared with two other people.She climbed into the bathtub, turned on the shower, and delivered a girl, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed by trooper John Powis of the Frackville barracks.Paltanavage told police she lifted the newborn out of the water and saw that she wasn't breathing and could not find a pulse. She wrapped the baby in a red towel, and took her into her bedroom. She didn't try to revive the baby, nor did she call for help.Instead, according to the affidavit, she put the baby in a garbage bag, put the bag on a bench in her room and put household trash on top of her baby.Then she took the bag outside to be taken away with the trash.At about 1 a.m. a week later, Paltanavage's housemates at the Middleport home, Kayla Stoops and Joseph Jiminez, took the trash out for pickup. Smelling a terrible odor from the bag Paltanavage had put out on July 29, they discovered the baby's body and called 911.Schuylkill County coroner David Moylan has said the body was too badly decomposed to immediately determine a cause and manner of death.Although she had steadily gained weight and had morning sickness in the months leading up to the birth, Paltanavage denied being pregnant, police learned.