Pennsylvania Woman Sentenced for Sex with Boy - Updated

(Doylestown, Pennsylvania) On Tuesday, Bucks County Court Judge Albert Cepparulo sentenced Petra Fischer to eight to 23 months in the county prison. Fischer was also ordered to to serve seven years probation and undergo a mental health evaluation.

Standing with her attorney, Marc Rickles, Fischer apologized in court Tuesday, saying she always tried to keep the boy “safe,” and that she had learned “a cruel lesson in life” because of her criminal behavior.

Fischer is also prohibited from being alone with minors during her sentence and she will be a registered sex offender under Megan's Law for 10 years.

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Pennsylvania Woman Guilty of Sex with Boy
[Previous 10/6/09 post]
(Bucks County, Pennsylvania) In April 2009, a 45-year-old local woman, Petra Fischer, was accused of engaging in sex with a 15-year-old boy after the boy's mother called police.

Investigators found that Fischer met the boy through her teenage daughter, and had engaged in sex acts with him numerous times over several months.

The incidents happened in parked cars at a grocery store in Falls, Silver Lake Park in Bristol Township, and at other locations. Fischer previously lived in Falls.

Prosecutors say Fischer bought the boy and his friends alcohol, and that she gave him cigarettes, a cell phone and spending money.

Fischer also sent the boy nude photos of herself which she took with her cell phone. When questioned by police, court records say, she admitted to the conduct and said that the boy was the "only person that understood her."

Yesterday, Fischer pleaded guilty to statutory sexual assault, indecent assault, unlawful contact with a minor and corruption of minors. She will be sentenced after a Megan's law evaluation, approximately 90 days. It's speculated that she will receive more than two years in prison.

Fischer remains free on $50,000 bond.