Imre, who is divorced, and
worked part-time receptionist, hasdbeen charged with multiple offenses,
including sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor. A judge set bond at
$250,000 Monday.
According to the arrest
affidavit, Imre told investigators she thought of the relationship "like a
fantasy and she was the girlfriend and he was the boyfriend and that someday
they could end up together in a relationship."
Once she was confronted, police
said Imre confirmed she was having sexual acts with the 8-year old boy. In the
affidavit, Imre described kissing and fondling the boy and being in bed
together naked.
When speaking to the media, authorities
said it is unclear how long the abuse has been going on but the boy’s mother
said her son visited Imre’s house nearly every day for at least a year. Until
she found the letter all she knew was that Imre would take her daughter and the
boy to the neighborhood playground and out to eat at a fast food restaurant.
Sometimes she’d take the boy to a mall and would buy him toys and other gifts,
the boy’s mother said.
The mother said: "We
were mothers of two children who go to school together. She seemed like a good
friend."
When the investigation began
in September the boy at first denied kissing or touching Imre, but later said
that he had an intercourse with her, according to the affidavit.
The boy also told
investigators that Imre gave him a key to her apartment.
Evelyn Imre, the suspect’s
mother, said her daughter had "a little mental problem" but would not
elaborate.
Little?!
Imre continued to claim that
the relationship was just a "fantasy" and her mother said that Tammy
was just being friendly and nothing out of ordinary happened between her and
the little boy. Speaking about the boy Tammy Imre allegedly engaged in some
impossible sex trysts with the mother defiantly told The New York Post:
"He’s the one who needs to be looked at. I know she’s innocent. It’s the
devil at work."
In one of the horrifying
accounts, Imre’s daughter said she watched her mother’s private parts being
shaved by the boy and had seen other things that she is unable to describe yet.
The boy’s mother appeared at
the first hearing saying that she wanted Tammy Imre to know that she couldn’t
get away with this. Imre tried to avoid being seen by hiding her face behind
her long, blonde hair but she wasn’t too successful as her picture getting out
of a police car has appeared in newspapers all over the world.
As for the boy, he is
currently in counseling. His mother said Tammy Imre "ruined" him but
he’s getting better now that he is away from her.
If convicted, Imre could serve
more than 20 years in prison.