CLEARFIELD – A Hawk Run woman who had a baby to a 14-year-old boy was in court to be sentenced Monday.
Joelle Lynnea Fletcher, 20, pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of indecent assault and was sentenced by Judge Paul E. Cherry to serve two years probation. She must also attend sex offender counseling.
She was ordered not to have any unsupervised contact with any male under the age of 18. She underwent an evaluation by a representative of the sex offender’s board, but it was determined she did not meet the criteria of a sexually violent predator. Fletcher will still have to register with authorities under Megan’s Law.
Fletcher was originally charged with felony counts of sexual assault, statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with minor, and corruption of minors in addition to the misdemeanor count of indecent assault.
According to the affidavit of probable cause, Fletcher was having a relationship with the teen when she was 18. In his initial interview at the Child Advocacy Center, he said the two were only friends and speculated that the baby belonged to a man she was also having sex with during the same period of time.
A witness told police that Fletcher was living with her family and had three way sex with her and her husband. She claimed he was the father of the baby and they planned the pregnancy because she couldn’t have any additional children.
After further questioning, this witness admitted she knew about the relationship between Fletcher and the victim, because the couple told her they had sex.
In a second interview with the victim, he admitted he and Fletcher started their relationship in Oct. 2023 and it ended after Fletcher was thrown out of the witness’s home in Dec. 2023.
He reported that they had sex less than 30 times in that period.
The criminal complaint states that after the relationship was ended by the victim’s parents, he continued to try to contact her via email through March 2024.
When police asked to interview Fletcher, they arranged a time, but shortly after this, a family member called the officer to say that she would not be coming in to the station after all.
A Children, Youth and Family Services employee also tried to speak with Fletcher but was told she would not speak to authorities without her lawyer.
