30 day sentence for sexual assault

This article shows that even a female offender at the age of 54 can sexually assault a 15 year old boy and allegedly drug his girlfriend so she could do so:


Her family watched as the 54-year-old Beaverton woman who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor third-degree sex abuse in a Clatsop County Courtroom last week was sentenced Tuesday.

Sue Ann Close occasionally looked back at her family as Clatsop County Circuit Court Judge Philip Nelson sentenced her to 30 days in jail and two years of probation. She will be required to register as a sex offender, be given credit for time served and will be allowed to use alternative sanctions - like wearing an electronic ankle monitor or working on a work crew - for the remainder of her sentence. She was assessed more than $500 in fines and fees, and ordered to pay $5,000 as a compensatory fine for the victim. Close was ordered to have no contact with the victim.

Clatsop County Senior Deputy District Attorney Dawn Buzzard said Close had sex with a 15-year-old boy while visiting Seaside during Spring Break 2008.

"This woman did not only take the trust of others from me, she took my sense of safety," said the victim, who with his father participated in the sentencing hearing by telephone.

Buzzard said Close gave the boy's girlfriend sleeping pills so she wouldn't be aware of what she intended to do, then she had sex with the boy. Close contended that she only kissed the victim passionately to satisfy her sexual feelings. She said she'd made a mistake and had only comforted the victim in her bed, Buzzard said.

During the hearing, the victim said he was only a 15-year-old boy. He was so scared he locked himself in a bathroom and called his father, but he was too scared to tell him what had happened.

Before leaving Seaside, Close suggested the three cut their hands and make a "blood pact" not to tell anyone what had happened - although all the while, the boy's girlfriend was unaware of what the pact was about.

Buzzard said that afterward Close threatened suicide and her husband made a 9-1-1 call and said she had a knife.

Close's voice broke as she apologized to the boy and his family. She said she made poor decisions.

"They were the wrong decisions," she said. "I will never be able to tell anybody how sorry I am - but I am." - Read the entire article here