Female Molester Gets 20 to 40 Years Prison - Bumped

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(Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) Earlier today, Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael Conahan sentenced Christine Carver-Schlesser to 20 to 40 years in prison for the rapes of two boys.

Carver-Schlesser has been classified as a sexually violent predator under Megan's Law.


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[09/19/07 entry]

Pennsylvania Woman Guilty of Raping Boys

(Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) In November 2006, a 30-year-old woman, Christine Carver-Schlesser, was charged with raping two boys, ages 12 and 13, from January 2005 to July 2006.

The sex became known after one boy, the 12-year-old, was found to be molesting a four-year-old girl and he told police that he and his friend had been molested by Carver-Schlesser. The boy figured that if he got in trouble, Carver-Schlesser should also get in trouble "since she's doing the same thing to me."

Carver-Schlesser faced separate of counts of rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a child, indecent assault, endangering the welfare of children and three total counts of corruption of minors.

Yesterday, a Luzerne County jury convicted Christine Carver-Schlesser, now 31, after two hours of deliberation. Carver-Schlesser was found guilty of two counts each of the rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, endangering the welfare of children and additional counts of corruption of minors.

Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael Conahan will sentence Carver-Schlesser in December. Assistant District Attorney Jenny Roberts will ask for 20 to 40 years behind bars.

After the verdict was read, Carver-Schlesser, who had been free on bail, was taken to the Luzerne County Correctional Facility.


[Update 01/22/08]

Sentencing now scheduled for February 2008. Meanwhile, Carver-Schlesser's husband, Joseph Schlesser, has announced that he told the boys to make up the rape story.

Joseph Schlesser said his wife, Christine Carver-Schlesser, never assaulted either of the boys.

But he and his family had the boys create the lies of rape to enact revenge on Carver-Schlesser for cheating and getting pregnant by another man, he said.

"I schooled them well on what to say," Schlesser said Monday. "We sat down and told those kids what to say and how to say it."

And Schlesser said witnesses and medical testing would support his claim. But no investigators have listened to him, he said.

Now, the 31-year-old Carver-Schlesser is awaiting sentencing on a list of charges. She faces years in prison.

But Assistant District Attorney Jenny Roberts, who prosecuted Carver-Schlesser, said there's no doubt Carver-Schlesser is guilty. Schlesser, the prosecutor said, keeps changing his story about his alleged setup.

"One hundred percent I stand by that conviction," Roberts said Monday.

Heh.