La Jolla real estate agent faces sentencing A La Jolla real estate agent faces sentencing Jan. 25 after pleading guilty to eight misdemeanor counts of inflicting corporal injuries to eight children she scratched while holding them. Officials said Lisa Marie Hench, 45, could get up to a year in jail and it is likely she will be placed on probation and be ordered to provide community service work. She remains free on $75,000 bond. The parents of the children said skin was pulled off in certain areas, such as toes, that caused bleeding. When the child started to cry, Hench would give the baby back to the parents. The parents told officials they discovered scratches or torn skin underneath the childrens’ clothing. The children’s ages ranged from 3 to 19 months. The case is still a head scratcher, as there appears to be no motive. Deputy District Attorney Patrick Ojeil said all the incidents happened in public after Hench asked to hold the children. She knew some of the victims’ parents and approached them at schools, work, a fast-food restaurant or the YMCA, Ojeil said. Hench has three children herself, and is a member of real estate boards in La Jolla and Pacific Beach, according to her website. A message was left with her attorney, but he did not return the phone call. San Diego Superior Court Judge Michael Smyth took her guilty pleas after the prosecutor reduced the charges from felony counts to misdemeanors. They were originally filed as felony counts on Jan. 14.








