Virginia Woman Sentenced for Sex with Boy

(Bedford, Virginia) In June 2010, a 34-year-old local woman, Angela Hackworth, pleaded guilty to engaging in sex with and abduction of a male teen.

“We have an adult female consistently… seeking out a 15- to 16-year-old to have sex with,” Commonwealth’s Attorney Randy Krantz said during the sentencing hearing.

Krantz told Bedford County Circuit Court Judge James Updike he had to concede the boy didn’t “put up much of a fight,” but said the case was problematic because the contact continued after Hackworth was arrested once.

The woman hid the boy at her home away from his mother, who did not approve of the relationship, the prosecutor said.

The carnal knowledge charges stem from encounters in October and December 2009, according to court records. The abduction charges came from incidents in March, the records showed.

Today, Hackworth was sentenced to three months for each carnal knowledge charge totaling six months incarceration with credit for time served which, incidentally, has been at least six months. Ten-year sentences on abduction charges were suspended.

Hackworth must register as a sex offender and was ordered to stay away from her victim and other boys.