Female Molester Gets 6 Years in Prison

(Woodbury, New Jersey) A 35-year-old Philadelphia woman, Pamela Torres, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Robert P. Becker Jr. earlier today to six years in prison for engaging in sex with a 13-year-old boy between September 2004 and April 2006.

Though a Feb. 29 plea agreement with the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office called for six years in prison, Torres' attorney argued for the minimum five-year sentence, saying she had been in an abusive spousal relationship when the offenses occurred and had dealt with addiction and depression. He also noted she has an 11-year-old son with disabilities.

Senior Assistant Gloucester County Prosecutor Audrey Curwin maintained that the sentence was appropriate, pointing out that the defendant took advantage of the victim's "extreme youth" and had sex with him more than 100 times, according to his statement.

Curwin also presented the boy's guardian, who gave a statement to the court that described the boy as borderline retarded and now struggling with confusion over how to relate to female adults and girls of his own age.

Upon release from prison, Torres must serve a minimum of 15 years of probation and register as a sex offender.