A lady from Colorado who admitted to having intercourse with a 13-year-old boy and then bearing his kid will serve only 90 days in prison for her acts.
Last June, police in Fountain, Colorado, roughly 15 miles south of Colorado Springs, started looking into a tip from a local therapist who claimed one of her clients had sexually abused a 13-year-old boy. Their inquiry swiftly led them to Andrea Serrano, 31, who was characterised as “a mother figure” to the youngster in the criminal document. The youngster was apparently living with Serrano at the time and had even addressed her as “mom,” according to the affidavit.
Serrano was apparently under the effect of alcohol at the time of their sexual contact, while the youngster was under the influence of marijuana. In Serrano’s car, they had sex.
On July 5, Serrano was arrested and charged with sexual assault against a child and sexual assault against a kid under the age of 15 by a person in a position of trust. Serrano apparently confessed to the severely inappropriate sexual relationship, however, she would have found it impossible to deny the relationship given that she had also become pregnant as a result of it. She gave birth to the boy’s child since then.
Serrano’s defence team reached a plea agreement with prosecutors in February. Serrano pled guilty to incest rather than sexual assault charges, and prosecutors recommended that she serve no jail time in exchange. She would, however, be required to register as a sex offender for at least ten years, if not the remainder of her life.
The victim’s mother was incensed at the idea of Serrano avoiding prison time for such a horrific crime. “She sexually abused my 13-year-old son.” “She introduced him to drugs; she should be locked up,” the woman told Judge William Moller at the time. Despite her reservations, Moller first approved the plea bargain that would have allowed Serrano to avoid jail time.
“I feel like if she was a man and he was a little girl, it would definitely be different. They would be seeking more,” the woman later said publicly. “I feel like because he is not a woman, they are not. They are having compassion for her.”
Moller, however, altered his mind at a sentencing hearing on Thursday and opted to sentence Serrano to time behind bars after all. She is now required to serve 90 days, albeit she was given credit for the seven days she had previously served. She also does not need to report to jail for a week in order to get her affairs in order, including securing interim custody of her children. She is currently caring for the victim’s infant, though the victim’s family is fighting to gain custody.
Serrano did apologise for her behaviour when her opportunity to speak at one of the hearings. “I just want to say I’m sorry,” she allegedly added, addressing her apology to both the victim and his family, as well as her own. Though she pled guilty to incest, it is unclear whether Serrano and the victim are related or whether she was permitted to plead guilty to incest because the victim was living with Serrano at the time and considered her a mother figure.
Serrano has a history of child abuse and misdemeanour violation of a protection order. The status of those instances is unknown.
