Florida Woman Accused of Sex with Male Teen

(Spring Hill, Florida) A 31-year-old local woman, Joan Lucille Dewey, was arrested yesterday for allegedly engaging in sex with a 17-year-old boy and providing him with prescription drugs.

Dewey faces one count each of felony sexual battery, aggravated child abuse and possession or sale of a controlled substance.

Authorities arrested Dewey after the teen had to be taken by ambulance to a hospital for a possible drug overdose. She later admitted to having sex with the teen at her home at 8357 Omaha Circle.

A search of the home found a quantity of methadone and carisoprodol, a muscle relaxant.

Dewey was booked into custody at the Hernando County Jail with bond set at $25,000.