Woman Admits Lengthy Sexual 'Relationship' With 8-Year-Old
POSTED: 1:19 pm EDT September 19, 2005
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A 30-year woman admitted in court Monday that she had a lengthy sexual relationship with an 8-year-old neighbor whom police say she considered a fantasy boyfriend.
In a deal with prosecutors, Tammy Imre pleaded guilty to a charge of risk of injury to a minor. She faces six years in prison when she is sentenced Nov. 4.
Imre was arrested last November on sexual assault charges after the boy's mother found a letter Imre allegedly had written to him, police said.
In the letter, police said Imre told the boy that she doesn't "want anyone but you. Now tomorrow it's supposed to rain, you can come over we can (you know what). Love ya! I want you!"
Police said the boy, the playmate of Imre's 7-year-old daughter, initially denied doing anything with Imre because he feared getting into trouble. When confronted, police said Imre acknowledged engaging in sexual acts with the boy.
According to the arrest affidavit, she told investigators she considered the relationship "like a fantasy and she was the girlfriend and he was the boyfriend."
Defense attorney Donald Papcsy said Imre suffers from a mental problem that made it hard for her to admit that what she did was wrong.
"She really believed she was in a fantasy relationship," Papcsy said.
The family of the young boy agreed to the plea deal, saying they wanted to spare him and Imre's daughter a lengthy trial in which the children would have to testify.
"This was a big step forward for the family," said George Ganim, the attorney for the victim's family.
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POSTED: 1:19 pm EDT September 19, 2005
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- A 30-year woman admitted in court Monday that she had a lengthy sexual relationship with an 8-year-old neighbor whom police say she considered a fantasy boyfriend.
In a deal with prosecutors, Tammy Imre pleaded guilty to a charge of risk of injury to a minor. She faces six years in prison when she is sentenced Nov. 4.
Imre was arrested last November on sexual assault charges after the boy's mother found a letter Imre allegedly had written to him, police said.
In the letter, police said Imre told the boy that she doesn't "want anyone but you. Now tomorrow it's supposed to rain, you can come over we can (you know what). Love ya! I want you!"
Police said the boy, the playmate of Imre's 7-year-old daughter, initially denied doing anything with Imre because he feared getting into trouble. When confronted, police said Imre acknowledged engaging in sexual acts with the boy.
According to the arrest affidavit, she told investigators she considered the relationship "like a fantasy and she was the girlfriend and he was the boyfriend."
Defense attorney Donald Papcsy said Imre suffers from a mental problem that made it hard for her to admit that what she did was wrong.
"She really believed she was in a fantasy relationship," Papcsy said.
The family of the young boy agreed to the plea deal, saying they wanted to spare him and Imre's daughter a lengthy trial in which the children would have to testify.
"This was a big step forward for the family," said George Ganim, the attorney for the victim's family.
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