First time felony offense for false statement in ga
I am a married woman with 2 kids and a homemaker. I witnessed an incident at school involving my daughter and a teacher. I was asked by the school to give my written statement as to what I saw. I agreed to the request and turned in to the pricnipal my unsigned statement. After some appeals up towards the school superintendent, the school finally removed my daughter from the teachers class and stopped escorting me through the school, although the apology to my daughter was denied. My statement does not match what the school has on video. The teacher has now called in the police, which as a law abiding citizen, I went in to give a statement not knowing that I was stepping into the fire. The city police has charged me with giving a false statement/document and concealment of facts to a government office/official. My daughter is 6 yrs old and when she walked away from the teacher at the time of the incident she was crying and scared. My intention was not to get the teacher fired or no other malicious intent was involved other than to protect my daughter and her well-being. I have hired an attorney, spent nearly 8 hours already in a holding cell, processed in and bonded out. I turned myself in per my attorney's suggestion earlier than requested. I go to church and have a great respect for our community officers and the ones who hold authority positions. I do not know what to expect in this situation as I have never been in trouble with the law up until now. I am 37. What can I expect as my sentence or will the superior court look upon this as possibly a total misunderstanding and drop the case? Am I looking at major jail time for this as this is my first offense, felony. I do not smoke, use drugs, and only drink a glass of champagne her and there as a toast to some holiday or celebration and rarely do I finish the glass. I am the designated driver of my household. I am super scared about what will happen to my kids if their mother has to serve prison time or worse. Please help.