Wisconsin Woman Sentenced in Boy-Sex Case - Update

(Portage, Wisconsin) In August 2012, 41-year-old Paula M. George pleaded no contest to a felony charge of second-degree sexual assault of a child.

Last week, George was sentenced to one year in jail as part of 12 years of probation.

Judge Daniel George, saying that it is a difficult case, told Paula George that she would serve seven years in prison followed by five years of extended supervision if she fails to obey the rules of probation; the prison sentenced was imposed and stayed.

Judge George is not related to the defendant, he said.

Judge George said that Wisconsin statutes require that judges consider whether a probation sentence is appropriate before ordering a prison sentence.

Assistant District Attorney Crystal Long said she believes it is the first time she has seen a person not be sent to prison who was convicted of sexual assault of a child.

Paula George was ordered to register as a sex offender, not drink during her probation and only date or engage in sex with the approval of a probation agent.

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Wisconsin Woman Accused of Sex with Boy
[Previous 8/4/10 post]
(Portage, Wisconsin) A 38-year-old local woman, Paula M. George, has been accused of sexual assault of a 14-year-old boy and child abuse of a 13-year-old girl.

The boy told police that George knew he was 14 or 15 at the time and that he told her he wanted to stop having sex because he didn't want them to get into trouble, according to a criminal complaint.

George reportedly told police that she recalled having sex with the boy one time, but that she was drinking a lot - up to eight beers in a day - and it could have been three times. She recalled that the boy said he was 15 years old, the complaint stated.

Police say George, in an incident Feb. 13, was intoxicated when she became upset with a 13-year-old girl, choking her and punching her five or six times with a closed fist, giving her a bloody nose.

George told police that the girl was screaming so she put a hand over her mouth to be quiet, then pushed the girl down on a bed, according to the complaint.

George was booked and released on $10,000 bond.