Woman Arrested for Molesting 13-Year-Old Boy

(Navarre, Ohio) FBI agents arrested 38-year-old Julie Ann Welborn for engaging a 13-year-old boy in sexual relations. Welborn is a married mother of two from the state of Washington who allegedly began a relationship with the boy over the Internet and the telephone before traveling to Ohio to have sex with him. In October, Welborn flew to Ohio and is said to have had sex with the boy on two occasions over three days.

Welborn was apparently planning on moving to the Navarre area with her two children, a 15-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl. She is separated from her husband and, when arrested at the Red Roof Inn in Jackson Township, she had all her household goods with her in a large moving van. Welborn's children have been placed with Child Protective Services.

The authorities were alerted by the victim's mother who found incriminating correspondence from Welborn in the boy's belongings.

Welborn is due to appear in Massillon Municipal Court later today to face specific charges of unlawful sex with a minor, a third-degree felony, and importuning, a fifth-degree felony.


[Update 11/22/05, 1830 EST]

Welborn appeared before Judge Richard Kettler in Massillon Municipal Court and a hearing date was scheduled for Nov. 30. She remains in Stark County Jail.


[Update 11/22/05, 2050 EST]

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[Update 02/27/06]

Welborn sentenced to four years in prison.