Texas Probation Officer Accused of Sex with Boy

(College Station, Texas) A 29-year-old juvenile probation officer, Sarah Celeste Farmer, surrendered to College Station Police on Monday to faces charges of sex assault of a 16-year-old boy.

Reportedly, Farmer and the boy had been engaged in a sexual relationship since January 2007, shortly after he was released from the Brazos County Juvenile Detention Center where she was a shift supervisor.

Both Farmer and the boy admitted to the relationship when interviewed by police. Farmer is no longer working as a probation officer.

Farmer faces a charge of second-degree sexual assault. She was booked and released on $5,000 bail. If convicted of the sex assault charge, Farmer faces a possible 20 years in prison.

Tip: Don Morgenstern