
Social worker jailed after admitting to sex with juvenile delinquents
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'A social worker who admits to having sex with three teenage boys being held at the Butler County Juvenile Rehabilitation Center will spend the next 90 days in jail, a sentence that delighted her defense team.
34-year-old Amber Marie Harris of Fairfield cried throughout much of her time in court Tuesday morning. She pleaded guilty over the summer to two counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and one count of sexual battery, a story FOX19 broke in August. At the time of the crimes, in 2011, Harris was a part-time "youth leader." She had sex with the boys while they were on "home passes," according to the facility's director, Rob Clevenger. A member of Harris' defense team tells FOX19 at least one of the boys had sex with Harris at her home.
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But defense attorney Mark Krumbein of Cincinnati told Judge Pater that there are mitigating circumstances to consider. Harris claims she was in an abusive marriage at the time. Krumbein compared her situation to someone suffering from battered wife syndrome. He said she's been diagnosed with major depressive disorder and is addicted to drugs. He urged the judge to send her into drug treatment and only send her to county jail --- not state prison --- if he felt he had to incarcerate her at all.
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Then, in a stream-of-consciousness monologue that went on for several minutes, Judge Pater went over the pros and cons of treating Harris differently than a man who'd had sex with teenage girls.
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In the end, he sentenced Harris to 90 days in the county jail and ordered her to complete drug treatment. ...'
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