Wisconsin Woman Gets Jail for Sex with Boy

(Washburn County, Wisconsin) In March 2009, a 29-year-old local woman, Dawn M. Thomas, pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual assault of a child and to child enticement with sexual contact stemming from a relationship with a 14-year-old boy. The sex occurred in May 2008 when the boy was babysitting Thomas' child.

Thomas had forced a 14-year-old boy into intercourse and other sex acts multiple times on May 12, 2008, and offered him alcohol, while he was baby-sitting her child overnight.

Later that week, his mother intercepted text messages from Thomas indicating the acts and telling him to keep them secret, the report said. She testified later in court that she had had suspicions upon his return, and that Thomas had said some inappropriate things in front of her son before that.

Though the boy denied it when asked, his mother reported the issue to human services.

When a deputy interviewed the boy, he admitted he felt forced into these acts, and that Thomas indicated that more would occur in the future when he baby-sat.

Earlier today, Thomas was sentenced to nine months in jail, six years of probation and ordered to register as a sex offender.