New Mexico Woman, 30, and Boy, 8

(Las Cruces, New Mexico) A 30-year-old local woman, Michelle A. Tufts, was arrested Monday for allegedly engaging in sex with an 8-year-old boy.

According to Las Cruces Police spokesman Dan Trujillo, the boy's grandmother alerted authorities about suspicions she had regarding Tuft's relationship with the boy. Subsequently, police determined that the grandmother's suspicions were substantiated.

Tufts has been charged with two felony counts of criminal sexual penetration of a child under age of 13 and one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Tufts was booked into custody at the Dona Ana County Detention Center with bond set at $50,000.

Tip: Don Morgenstern


[Update 01/30/08]

Tufts pleads no contest.