Minnesota Teacher Gets 10 Years for Sex with Schoolboy - Updated

(Crookston, Minnesota) After pleading guilty in December 2008 to five counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct, Kellie Ann Lundon-Cormican, was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison.

She will also have to serve 10 years of supervised probation once released from prison and register as a sex offender.

District Judge Michael Kraker said the sentence was imposed because Lundon-Cormican lacked any remorse for the devastating impact her behavior has had on the victim's family. She is also not considered a good candidate for probation.

Having been free on bond before sentencing, Lundon-Cormican was taken into custody immediately after yesterday's proceeding.


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Minnesota Teacher Admits Sex with Schoolboy - Updated
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(Crookston, Minnesota) Thirty-nine-year-old Kellie Ann Lundon-Cormican offered an guilty plea to five counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct before Judge Michael Kraker in Polk County District Court Wednesday afternoon.

In exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors will dismiss five counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and three misdemeanor counts.

At Wednesday’s hearing, Lundon-Cormican admitted under oath that she had sexual relations with the boy on two occasions in August, once in September and twice in November, all in 2007. She also said she is currently under mental health treatment, which includes counseling and medication.

According to a taped interview Lundon-Cormican had with law enforcement officers in December 2007, the sexual acts included both intercourse and performing oral sex on the boy. At the time, the boy was 14, but she said in the interview that she was led to believe he was 16.

In Minnesota, while the penalties would be less severe if the victim is age 16 or older, the law also states that mistaking the victim’s age as older is no defense, that the perpetrator is still responsible for the crime. Lundon-Cormican called the incidents a mistake.

Sentencing is scheduled for February 2, 2009. Cormican remains free on bond.


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Minnesota Teacher, 38, Schoolboy, 14
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(Crookston, Minnesota) A 38-year-old substitute teacher at Crookston High School, Kellie Ann Lundon-Cormican, has been accused of engaging in sex with a 14-year-old boy.

Lundon-Cormican was charged this week with four counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Crookston Police were alerted to the alleged crimes by a tipster on December 1st. When interviewed, Lundon-Cormican told Officer Dacian Bienek she thought the boy was 16.

Lundon-Cormican said they had sex a couple times in August, backed off after school started, had sex again in late September, and then twice last week in her car and in her house.

Lundon-Cormican is currently free with a court appearance scheduled for December 12th.

Tip: Don Morgenstern