Woman Gets 18 Years for Sex with 8-Year-Old

(Edwardsville, Illinois) A 32-year-old local woman, Cassie Hall, pleaded no contest in March to predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. The victim was an eight-year-old male family member.

Last Friday, Hall was sentenced to 18 years in prison in Madison County Court.

Hall's boyfriend, 24-year-old Jacob Fife, faces two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault. Status of his case is unknown.