BENTONVILLE — A Rogers woman was sentenced to 10 years in prison Thursday after admitting to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy.
Anita Kay Fine, 40, pled guilty to sexual assault in the fourth degree and possession of a controlled substance. She also was charged as a habitual offender.
Fine was originally charged with rape, a class Y felony, but agreed to plead guilty to the lesser charged under a plea agreement her attorney Shane Wilkinson reached with Chief Deputy Prosecutor Stuart Cearley.
Fine was arrested in June after Lowell police received a call concerning a woman seeking assistance from police to remove a naked Fine from the boy’s bedroom.
The boy’s mother had allowed Fine to spend the night in her home, but later found her naked son hiding under a bed. Fine was naked underneath the bed covers, according to court documents. The 14-year-old told police Fine performed oral sex on him, and the two had sexual intercourse, according to an affidavit in the case.
Fine admitted to having sex with the boy, but claims the boy came into the room and got into bed with her, court documents state.
Fine was arrested in April on a drug charge.
Circuit Judge Robin Green accepted the plea agreement and Fine’s guilty plea.
Green followed the plea agreement’s sentencing recommendation and ordered Fine to serve 10 years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. Fine was given a 10-year suspended sentence on the drug charge.
Fine must complete the prison’s sex-offender treatment program and must register as a sex offender. She was ordered not to have any contact with the victim.
Fine also must pay $920 in court-associated costs. She received 74 days of credit for the time she spent in the Benton County Jail awaiting trial.
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