NJ Woman Guilty of Sex with Boy

(Toms River, New Jersey) A 34-year-old woman, Dana H. Bell, pleaded guilty yesterday before Superior Court Judge Francis R. Hodgson to sexual assault and endangering the welfare of a child.

Bell admitted she had sexual intercourse with a boy known to her when he was between ages 14 and 15, sometime between November 2007 and 2008.

She also admitted allowing another boy, also between ages 14 and 15, to have alcohol.

Bell said she was under the influence of alcohol at the time, and that only after reviewing her videotaped statement to police and other evidence in the case did she recall having sexual relations with the one boy on at least one occasion and allowing the other boy to drink.

Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor Heidi Tannenbaum-Newman said she will seek a sentence of seven years in prison. A sentencing date will be scheduled after Bell undergoes a sex offender evaluation.

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New Jersey Woman and Two Boys
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(Toms River, New Jersey) A 34-year-old Ocean County woman, Dana H. Bell, has been indicted on multiple charges stemming from allegations that she engaged in sexual intercourse with two 14-year-old boys.

One victim was reportedly molested for 11 months between November 2007 and October 2008. The second victim was allegedly assaulted in June and July 2008. One victim's mother alerted the police.

An Ocean County grand jury late last week handed up an indictment charging Dana H. Bell of Seventh Street with aggravated sexual assault and two counts each of sexual assault and child endangerment.

Assistant Ocean County Prosecutor Heidi Tannenbaum-Newman said Bell is alleged to have had sexual intercourse with both victims.

At times, she had sex with each of the victims in front of the other, Tannenbaum-Newman said.

Bell is free on $50,000 bail.