SoCal Mom Gets Jail in Sex Case - Updated

(Santa Ana, California) Thirty-eight-year-old Debra Ayala pleaded guilty yesterday to engaging in a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old boy which resulted in a pregnancy and birth of child.

Debra Ayala pleaded guilty to a felony lewd act with a child 14 or 15 years old, oral copulation with someone younger than 16, and unlawful sexual intercourse, according to court records.

Under the terms of the plea deal with prosecutors, three of the same counts were dismissed, Ayala's attorney Michael L. Guisti said.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Erick Larsh sentenced Ayala to 365 days in an Orange County jail and three years of probation.

She must also register as a sex offender, according to Deputy District Attorney Jess Rodriguez, who negotiated the plea deal.

The boy's family has custody of the child, a girl. Ayala is seeking visitation rights.

Sadly, Ayala's inability to resist the charms of an adolescent boy has resulted in irreparable harm to two families. There will be scars.

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SoCal Woman, 38, and Boy, 15, Have Baby
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(Santa Ana, California) A 38-year-old married, mother-of-four, Debra Ayala Tapia, was arrested this week for allegedly engaging in a long-term sexual relationship with a 15-year-old neighbor boy. Also, her fourth child was confirmed by DNA testing to be the son of the neighbor boy.

"They lived in the same neighborhood. He's known her since he was a small child," said Santa Ana Police Corporal Anthony Bertagna.

The alleged acts happened in the 38-year-old's home in Santa Ana when the boy was only 15. Police suspect they were having sex twice every weekend for several months. Other people live in the house.

"The suspect lived there with her husband and three children, ages 7 to 17," said Bertagna.

Officers contacted by the alleged victim's mother this month. It comes after Tapia had given birth to a baby girl last November.

"The victim's mother had a DNA test performed and it turned out this child belonged to her son," said Bertagna.

Authorities say several months before, the victim's mother told Tapia to stop after she found letters from the woman in the room of her now 16-year-old son.

Tapia was booked into custody and subsequently bonded out by her husband.