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Dec 5, 2008 6:48 am US/Eastern
Split Verdict Reached In Sex Sleepover Case
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (CBS 3) ―
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Angela Honeycutt (File)
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A jury reached a split verdict in the case of a Bucks County mother who was accused of sexually assaulting two teen boys at a sleepover in April.
The jury found Angela Honeycutt, 39, guilty of two counts of corruption of a minor. However, the jury found her not guilty on charges of statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor and indecent assault.
The party was hosted by a neighbor, 45-year-old Lynne Long-Higham, in Lower Makefield Township. Long-Higham has pleaded guilty to endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors.
Prosecutors contend Honeycutt danced provocatively in front of six teenage boys and then had sexual contact with two of them in a shower.
"I definitely made bad judgments throughout the night, a series of bad judgments, and I apologized for that," Honeycutt said following the verdict.
Honeycutt's attorney said one of the victim's testimony actually helped his client.
"She did not touch them, she was found not guilty of touching them, she did not have sex with them, she was found not guilty of having sex with them," Defense Attorney Neils Erickson said.
The jury deliberated for approximately four hours on Thursday and once asked to rehear a wiretapped phone conversation between Honeycutt, one of the teenage victims and his mother.
"She could receive 14 to 28 months on each of these counts, I'll argue at sentencing this is an aggravating circumstance and that she actually serve more time," Deputy District Attorney Mark Walz said.
Honeycutt said she misses spending time with her children, ages 9 and 11, who are in the custody of her parents.
"I took them far away from this situation, so I haven't seen them."
Honeycutt posted 10-percent of her $15,000 bail and was released Thursday evening.
A sentencing date is scheduled for later this month.
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