(New Oxford, Pennsylvania) A 26-year-old local woman, Brenda Lua Manzo, has been charged with allegedly engaging in sex with a 15-year-old boy. Sexual episodes allegedly occurred on several occasions in the summer of 2007.
Authorities were alerted by the boy's parents in September 2007.
The parents told police their son was staying out late in the evenings and they suspected he and Manzo could be having a sexual relationship when he came home with hickies on his neck, the documents show.It sure seems that it took a long time to file charges.
When police asked the boy, he said he met with Manzo over the past summer at South Mountain Fairgrounds. He also admitted to having sex with her at his house, in an orchard field, and at an Aspers home, according to documents.
The boy told police he knew Manzo was 25 at the time and that she knew he was 15, documents show.
Manzo was charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors and indecent assault.
Charges were filed against Manzo on Feb. 26. In court on March 13, she waived her right to a preliminary hearing.
[Update 10/30/08]
Manzo sentenced to probation.
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