Jun 23, 2009 10:12 am US/Central
Woman Charged With Having Sex With Foster Son
CROWN POINT, Ind. (Sun-Times Media Wire) ―
A Cedar Lake woman has been charged in Lake Superior Court with sexual misconduct with a minor involving a 15-year-old foster son she said fathered her baby last fall.
Noelle Wolak, 33, of the 9400 block of West 143rd Place, also is charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and child seduction in the crimes that authorities said occurred between February 2008 and mid-March in Cedar Lake. She faces a maximum 20-year prison sentence if convicted of the charges.
Wolak, who with her husband was a licensed foster parent, began a sexual relationship with the boy in February when he and his brother were placed in the Wolak family home. The child was removed from the home after the allegations surfaced.
Court records indicate Wolak and the teen were watching the 2008 Super Bowl at a friend's home and Wolak gave him alcohol and he consumed quite a bit. The teen told police he woke up at a motel in Schererville wearing a pair of shorts and a T-shirt. Wolak told him they had unprotected sex and that she might be pregnant.
Wolak also rented a room for them in May or June 2008, the teen said.
Police confirmed that Wolak rented rooms at the Schererville motel on Feb. 4, 2008, and May 8, 2008, court records state.
After Wolak and her husband split up, Wolak moved the teen into her bed.
Authorities removed the teen from the Wolak home and placed him in a foster home in Chesterton, but the teen ran away from the Chesterton home and Wolak picked him up in Burns Harbor and brought him back to her home. It was then Wolak told him she became pregnant and had a baby in October.
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