Texas Woman Gets No Jail in Child Sex Case

(Waco, Texas) In April 2009, a 25-year-old local woman, Rhiannon Smith, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault of a minor stemming from her arrest in March on multiple charges involving a 16-year-old boy.

According to arrest affidavits, Smith had sexual intercourse and sexual contact with the victim in her apartment Dec. 27 and Jan. 20.

She told police that she just finished a three-year relationship and “just wasn’t thinking right” when she had sexual intercourse with the teenager, whom she described as a family friend.

Earlier today, 19th State District Court Judge Ralph Strother sentenced Smith to eight years of deferred probation and ordered her to register as a sex offender. Judge Strother also imposed a $1,000 fine and 300 hours of community service.