California Woman Gets Prison for Incest - Updated

(Napa County, California) In June 2012, 32-year-old Mistie Rebecca Atkinson was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison despite telling the court what she did was not incest.

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(Napa County, California) In accordance with a plea agreement, Mistie Atkinson pleaded no contest to incest, oral copulation and sex with a minor stemming from engaging in sex with her biological son.

Napa police said in court filings that the boy’s phone showed Atkinson allegedly performing oral sex with her biological son and engaging in sexual intercourse with the teenager. The videos were dated Feb. 3 and 4, court records show. The boy also had numerous photos of Atkinson on his cell phone, police said.

Atkinson was arrested on a warrant in March in Mendocino County where she was found in a Ukiah room with her biological son, court documents show.

The father of the boy said in court filings that Atkinson and his son, now 17, began communicating with each other on Facebook and with the telephone starting last September, according to the restraining order the man filed in County Superior Court in November.

Atkinson, the man said in the court document, “had been talking to him in manner that no mother should talk to their son.”

“She started to have a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship with him, not a mother-and-son relationship. It got to a point where their conversation began talking about harming me and killing off her boyfriend she was (now) living with. She was sending him pictures of her body and basically seducing him. The relationship needs to stop and we told both of them but they continue to get in contact with each other. It’s unhealthy and they need to stay apart,” the man said.

Atkinson faces a possible four-year, eight-month prison term when sentenced on June 13.

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California Woman Accused of Incest
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(Napa County, California) A 32-year-old woman, Mistie Atkinson, has been accused of engaging in sex with her 16-year-old biological son.

Atkinson faces charges of incest, oral copulation of someone under the age of 18, contact with a minor for a sexual offense, and “sending harmful matter” to her biological son.

Atkinson pleaded not guilty to all the charges on March 9. Her next hearing is May 10.

Napa police said in a court filing that videos captured from the boy’s phone show Atkinson allegedly performing oral sex and engaging in sexual intercourse with the teenager. The videos were dated Feb. 3 and Feb. 4, police said.

“Atkinson and the victim are aware they are biological mother and son,” police state in the complaint.

Atkinson is in custody at the Napa County Jail with bail set at $200,000.