CINCINNATI: An East Price Hill woman pleaded guilty to having sex with two teenage boys on New Year's Eve, even though she is HIV-positive.
Candance Morris (pictured), 32, faced more than 30 years behind bars, when she stood before Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Melba Marsh Monday. The actions that lead up to Morris’s conviction still shock the other moms in the East Price Hill neighborhood with whom she lived and socialized regularly. When the mothers in the neighborhood needed someone to watch their boys, Morris often volunteered.
Candance admitted Monday to four counts of sexual contact with minors and sentenced to one year in prison.
Investigators said the 32-year-old Morris engaged in oral sex and intercourse with the boys.
WLWT spoke with the mother of one of the teens. She said she once thought of Morris as a friend.
"The kids called her auntie. She was like an aunt," said the mom who wants to remain anonymous.
But that quickly changed after the family's New Year's Eve party. We were all partying. Me and my mate fell asleep and she was up with the kids. So after we fell asleep it was a party for her," she said.
The mother said the boys stepped forward the next day and the family called the police to report what happened.
Candance Morris (pictured), 32, faced more than 30 years behind bars, when she stood before Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Melba Marsh Monday. The actions that lead up to Morris’s conviction still shock the other moms in the East Price Hill neighborhood with whom she lived and socialized regularly. When the mothers in the neighborhood needed someone to watch their boys, Morris often volunteered.
Candance admitted Monday to four counts of sexual contact with minors and sentenced to one year in prison.
Investigators said the 32-year-old Morris engaged in oral sex and intercourse with the boys.
WLWT spoke with the mother of one of the teens. She said she once thought of Morris as a friend.
"The kids called her auntie. She was like an aunt," said the mom who wants to remain anonymous.
But that quickly changed after the family's New Year's Eve party. We were all partying. Me and my mate fell asleep and she was up with the kids. So after we fell asleep it was a party for her," she said.
The mother said the boys stepped forward the next day and the family called the police to report what happened.
But on New Year’s Eve, Morris, a mother herself, slept with two teens of two mothers she knew very well. “We were going to church and she knew that and she blew my phone up (asking) to bring my baby over,” the mother said. It was big mistake.
Morris spent the day smoking marijuana, drinking a half-gallon of of vodka as well as beer and champagne. She ended up getting in bed with two boys, having sex with them at the same time. The sex romp was kept secret until Morris got into a fight with one of the boy’s mothers and shouted–in a profane matter–that she had bedded her son.
Morris initially said the teens took advantage of her, but her guilty plea allowed her to avoid a possible 30-year prison term.
After she serves her one-year sentence, Morris must register as a sex offender for 25 years. She also was forced to give up custody of her own child.
One of the mother’s said Morris’s actions hurt her dearly. “I cared for her. I cared for her son,” said the mother of one of the 14-year-olds Morris abused. “I feel like she planned and plotted. I feel betrayed. I just wish she got more time. That year is not justified. Justice was not served, it was not," said the mom.
The teens have thus far tested negative for the virus that can cause AIDS. They are tested every six months and will have to be for some time.
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