Woman, 36, who had sex with 12-year-old she groomed over Facebook is jailed for 10 years after boy's mother finds her lewd messages

  • Joy Leaann McCall, 36, had sex three times with the 12-year-old boy who was the same age as her own children
  • The court heard that the 12-year-old, who has not been named, told police that he received Facebook messages from the woman
  • McCall arranged to meet the boy at a local shopping mall where she picked him up and ended up having sex in the back seat of her car
  • She collected him and drove him to some woods five days later, where they had sex again
  • He claimed they met for a third time on February 16th and had sex in the same wooded area
  • McCall, a shop worker, later admitted to police she had sex with the boy

By Paul Thompson

Published: 09:54 EST, 13 July 2014 | Updated: 01:54 EST, 14 July 2014

A 36-year-old woman who had sex with a 12-year old-boy has been jailed for 10 years.

Joy Leaann McCall, from Ocala, Florida, had sex three times with the young boy who was the same age as her own children.

She was given 10 years in prison for each charge of lewd or lascivious battery on a child between 12 and 15 but told the sentence would run concurrently.

Sentenced: Joy McCall, pictured, was given 10 years in prison for having sex with a 12-year-old boy

Sentenced: Joy McCall, pictured, was given 10 years in prison for having sex with a 12-year-old boy

McCall pleaded guilty to the second degree felony charges and was given a 134 day credit for time already spent in jail.

The court heard that the 12-year-old, who has not been named, told police that he received Facebook messages from the woman.

He said the messages 'continued to get more heated' and he later received photos of her posing in underwear.

McCall arranged to meet the boy at a local shopping mall where she picked him up and ended up having sex in the back seat of her car.

The boy claimed he contacted her again five days later.

She collected him and drove him to some woods, where they had sex again.

Guilty: McCall admitted to police she had sex with the victim

Guilty: McCall admitted to police she had sex with the victim

He claimed they met for a third time on February 16th and had sex in the same wooded area.

McCall, a shop worker, later admitted to police she had sex with the boy.

The affair leaked out after the young boy confided in a friend who told the victim's mother, according to the Ocala Star Banner.

Police were called after the boy's mom read some of the text messages sent by McCall to her son.

'She was able to see through the different text messaging that had occurred between McCall and the juvenile. And determine the dates that the incidents had occurred,' Sergeant Angy Scroble told WCJB back in February.

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This is one of the sicker stories on DM and this time, the woman actually gets some man-like time for the crime which is unheard of as we're always used to reading about those slap on the wrist punishments as the norm here.

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1. why is a 12 year old on facebook? 2. GOOD, glad she's been jailed. other sentences are way too easy, like "banned from teaching"

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I don't understand it. I just don't understand.

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Seems to be a weekly occurrence with women have sex with underage boys.

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Remembering that he was younger than 12 when she started grooming him....pathetic. And incurable, so they need to keep her as long as they can.

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You can see the elevator doesn't go right to the top by looking at her.

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I knew before I even clicked on the article this was not in the UK

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At least she was given a proper sentence. Here if a woman has sex with a minor they are not given the same sentence as a man is. Very one sided and actually very sexist, all child abusers should be treated the same regardless of their gender.

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what a disgusting and sickening monster

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Would a 36 year old man who had sex with a 12 year old only get 10 months? Of course not, he'd be looking at years. 3 cheers for gender equality!

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