Not-so-happy Mother’s Day: Church volunteer headed to prison after molesting her son’s 13-year-old buddy at birthday party

A Texas ma is spending her Mother’s Day down bars aft being recovered blameworthy of inappropriate behaviour with her son’s 13-year-old friend.

Jurors convicted 46-year-old Natalie Sorrells connected 2 charges of indecency with kid intersexual conduct, portion they acquitted her of 2 counts of aggravated intersexual battle of a child, according to tribunal records. A justice sentenced Sorrells to service two-and-a-half twelvemonth sentences connected each charge, meaning she’ll walk a full of 5 years successful prison, per records. The alleged incidents happened backmost successful 2023 successful Rockwall County, which is successful the Dallas region.

According to a probable origin apprehension affidavit obtained by local Fox affiliate KDFW, cops started investigating erstwhile the victim’s parent saw deleted texts betwixt him and Sorrells successful which she reportedly called him “babe.” Weeks aboriginal the lad told his ma that Sorrells had molested him.

Police took the lad successful for a forensic interrogation astatine the Rockwall Children’s Advocacy Center. He told investigators astir respective instances wherever she inappropriately touched him. Specifically, the unfortunate described 2 times erstwhile they had intersexual contact: Once successful a car aft she picked him up from a shot crippled and the different astatine her son’s day party, the affidavit reportedly said.

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The unfortunate besides reportedly told investigators that Sorrells’ hubby called during 1 of the encounters asking if she was cheating connected him. The unfortunate besides alleged Sorrells often bought baccy and intoxicant for him and his friends.

Cops arrested Sorrells successful February 2024. She served six days successful jailhouse earlier posting bond. Her lawyer could not instantly beryllium reached for comment.

At the clip of her arrest, Sorrells was a unpaid astatine Lakepointe Church successful Rockwall. The religion sent KDFW a connection saying the alleged maltreatment did not hap astatine a religion lawsuit oregon successful its property.

We were informed past week that 1 of our unpaid younker workers was arrested for amerciable intersexual interaction with a minor. While it is our existent knowing that nary inappropriate enactment occurred connected religion premises, astatine immoderate religion event, and that the insignificant progressive was not nether the nonstop enactment of the volunteer, retired of an abundance of caution we instantly informed Lakepointe parents, restricted the unpaid from immoderate entree to minors astatine the religion and removed her from her unpaid position.