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By Jen Marckini jmarckini@timesleader.com
Staff Writer
PITTSTON TWP. – A 25-year-old woman was charged Wednesday night with having sex with a 15-year-old.
Township police said Janelle Olisewski, of 163 Tompkins St., Pittston, admitted she had sex with the teenage boy behind a warehouse at Grimes Industrial Park on Oct. 15.
Olisewski was charged with statutory sexual assault and unlawful contact with a minor, arrest papers state.
The mother of the teen reported the incident to police on Sunday.
According to the affidavit of probable cause:
On Sunday, police responded to a township home for a report of sexual assault that occurred last month.
The boy’s mother told police her son’s friend supplied her with e-mails sent by the MySpace social networking site to her son about Olisewski having sex with the teen.
Police said the mother talked to her son, who admitted he did have sex with the Olisewski.
The teen told police he was using his mother’s phone to text message Olisewski. The next day, the boy received a message from her stating they would have sex in the near future but he would have to keep it a secret.
After a football game in Duryea, the boy and Olisewski took a ride up to Suscon Road and parked in a dirt lot to have sex, police said.
Olisewski was arraigned Wednesday night before District Judge Fred Pierantoni, Pittston, and jailed at Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $10,000 straight bail.
A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for Nov. 10 before District Judge Diana Malast in Plains Township.
equal justice for all said...
if this was a man with a teenage girl he gets 10 years.... watch the injustice as she will get less then 2 years
November 5, 2009 at 6:35 AM
EyeOnYou said...
A woman committing such a crime? Generally the cops would have arrested the 15 year old boy for a sex offense against the woman. What is it with law enforcement? Are they no longer under the thumb of the politically correct special interest groups, in this case the feminist groups.
November 5, 2009 at 7:41 AM
mother said...
pig
November 5, 2009 at 8:20 AM
sarahkozloski said...
OMG! This is simply gross! SHe has kids herself..I know she has always been quite loose but this is beyond discusting! If she were a man and this was a 15 year old girl people would deff be more upset and as a mother of two boys I say lock her up and throw away the key she is a sexual predator.
November 5, 2009 at 8:45 AM
Chuck Carlson said...
She should have a private myspace page...
November 5, 2009 at 8:56 AM
disgusted civilian said...
That's romantic! Way to go, another loser in the valley!!
November 5, 2009 at 9:34 AM
Leigh Hopkins said...
it's sexual contact with a minor---it should not be based on gender. the woman in question should be considered a sexual predator/child molestor, and be given the same punishment that a man would get.
November 5, 2009 at 11:40 AM
valleykay said...
This is awful, but another reason as to why parents MUST monitor their child's social interactions more carefully. Kids nowadays could text/myspace/facebook anyone they please. I was informed that the woman has 2 children... will she now have to register as a sex offender?
November 5, 2009 at 12:41 PM
Alex said...
I love how people are going to blame this on social networking. If this arrangement was made via phone, would you blame the phone?
November 5, 2009 at 1:26 PM
Amber said...
I'm totally shocked! I know Janelle and her family and I just can't believe what I am reading. My heart goes out to her kids. I am 26 years old and would never think of having sex with a 15 year old. I hate to say it but she knew what she was doing was wrong and she should be punished.
November 5, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Caught With Pants Down said...
This woman is gross, the fact that she will get a slap on the hand and will be able to still keep her kids is a problem of society. If this was a male he would be in jail forever and lose every thing.. I hope something gets done about this.. And a feminist group will say she was assulted by this 15 year old boy and ruin his life..
November 5, 2009 at 1:31 PM
beth said...
Sorry to say but a 15 year old boy knows what he's doing..obviously he didn't have a problem with it .the mother did
November 5, 2009 at 1:34 PM
tired... said...
A 25 y/o "Woman" having sex with a 15 y/o boy. How can people be so so stupid? Lock her up and take away her kids. Now you're going to see how crooked the courts are when it comes to men and women.
November 5, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Amber said...
I do agree Beth. Most 15 year old boys are having sex and I don't think in any way will he be mentally scarred by getting sleeping with a 25 year old. But it is still against the law and she should have none better. Geez you need to get laid go out the to bar anywhere in the valley and pick up some ADULT loser. I'm sure there would be many guys more then willing to take her in the back seat.
November 5, 2009 at 2:29 PM
Shera said...
Personally I think the woman/underage boy issue is overlooked and downplayed in society. A minor is always taken advantage of in this situation. Usually by making him dependent on the adult, who in turn, knows she can control him.
November 5, 2009 at 2:32 PM
cannon said...
beth, you got that right!
November 5, 2009 at 2:35 PM
Yukon Pete said...
This sounds like the California case from years back. It involved a women named Mary Kay Leterneau and a 13 year old boy. She bore his first child was prosecuted, then violated the terms of her probation and bore his second child. She only spent six years in prison. This Luzerne county women will probably get off with community service! Everyone else gets away with murder in that county, why should she be any different.
November 5, 2009 at 2:49 PM
valleykay said...
I'm not blaming it on social networking. Clearly, if the woman had a proper head on her shoulders, this never would have happened. The point I'm trying to make is that it is much easier now, than it has been historically, for parents to be in the dark about a child's social life. I know that my parents would have put an abrupt stop to my conversing with a 25 year old if I were 15. Be careful out there, kids!
November 5, 2009 at 3:12 PM
chas said...
seems to me he wanted it he went for it he got it did she rape him as he willingly wanted it i know its wrong but still 13 years olds are having sex these days and babies this boy acted like a man and went for an older woman its illegal but still balance it out
November 5, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Joe Said... said...
beth said...you are the exact problem here. If it was the other way around you would be looking for the man to be jailed for life. There is alot of 15 yr old girls who would do this too. That does not justify it for a 26 year old man. At 26 you should know better than a 15 yr old. Please keep your idiocy to yourself.
November 5, 2009 at 4:02 PM
jdw said...
beth so by your logic it would be ok for a 26 year old man to have sex with a 15 year old girl if she was ok with it? that is just stupid...
November 5, 2009 at 4:17 PM
oscar said...
hey beth hes 15 he doesnt know any better. some people are such trash i hope this lady gets her kids taken off of her
November 5, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Ann Marie said...
Read her blogs on my space it says she knew it was wrong and she didnt care and she doesnt care what people will think........what a loser ...as a matter of fact she is still going on my space... she posted something recently..never mind my space take care of your kids scumbag
November 5, 2009 at 7:18 PM
disgusted said...
they both should have known what they were doing, especially her. In the bible they stoned her type
November 5, 2009 at 8:30 PM
Caught With Pants Down said...
oHHHHHH lets not go bringing in the bible to this fight. The girl should be stoned but dont bring any religion into this.
November 9, 2009 at 8:34 AM
tonyinsatx said...
Something to think about: I live in TX and have a 20 yr old cousin. He had sex with his 16 yr old girlfriend (I know that's sick!). He's looking at 20 yrs in prison for statutory rape. The girl admitted that she willingly has sex with him,but he still may go to prison. The logic is that as a minor she couldn't legally give consent, just like this 15 yr old BOY couldn't give legal consent!! This lady should have got a grown man!! I'm sick of hearing about how a woman can have sex w/a minor and it's ok but if a man does it he gets decades in prison. In both instances BOTH have committed statutory rape and should go to prison for decades!!
November 10, 2009 at 1:07 AM
lewy g said...
hey mates this has been going on throughout history nothing new if a woman wants a woman gets thats the truth of it catch lester loose in n y a real danger to boys and girls including his own
November 10, 2009 at 8:36 PM
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