PENDER COUNTY -- A Pender County woman is in jail, accused of having sex with a 15-year-old boy.
Thirty-five-year-old Emily Willis turned herself in to the Pender County Sheriff's Office Thursday.
Willis is charged with five counts of statutory sex offense and another five counts of indecent liberties with a minor.
Investigators say one of the victim's relatives came forward to authorities with information about the relationship.
She is being held in jail on $500,000 bond.


*sadness*
i know the boy was had sex and the boy whos mom it was. i know the whole family. go to school with the boy who had sex and he had no right to have sex wiht her. but i mean come on what 15 yr old is not going to have sex with an older woman??? i really dont know what to say but its sick!!!! he acts like nothing happened he walks around school like nothing is wrong. I HATE THAT this woman is sitting in jail and he is fine he dont care about her or her family and that is all i have to say
Woman is a predator
This lady is a predator. I know her and she is a very hostile individual to others. Most people would find her to be a negative person. The bottom line is that she had sex with a minor who does not have the emotional maturity or life experiences to make the decision to have sex with a 35 year old woman. She took advantage of his age and immaturity to meet her own selfish physical needs. She is where she deserves to be - incarcerated. I hope she stays. I hope the boy will receive the counseling he needs.
well..
i can't really say who i think is at fault here. but i do know a lot about the whole situation. they both knew what they were doing. she was not in way shape or form "abusing" this boy. this boy was her own sons friend. he knew what was going on and he didn't try to stop it, now did he? of course she is at fault but so is he. most of all, i feel bad for her children. they deserve better than this, i know them.
thats the problem with these counties
thats the problem she gets arrested an nothing happens to him i think they are both at fault .i CANT stand a child molester so yeah she needs to get what she deserves but i also believe that boy needs some kinda help to cause whats not to say when he gets 35 that he wont sleep with a 15 yr old i think these counties need to get strickter on these laws an if like this case the child was willing then i think they need to also put that child through some kinda counseling/jail or something cause the way the world is now i believe that some of these younger kids do it cause they know they will get away with it scot free
Truly....
You've got to listen to the guys that are leaving comments any young and abled body teenage boy is not going to turn down sex with an older woman. She's not a predator because unless you guys skipped that chapter in science class about reproductive organs then you would know that you can't rape a guy unless he was willing and then its not rape. Honestly its not any of anybody elses business who they sleep they have their own lives. If it wasn't consentual then his mom should worry not its not for the community to pass judgement. Worry about your own children. And if she's hostile toward people maybe its because everybody is trying to be all up in her business. Don't make assumptions just because she's now labled a "child molester" Ya'll need to look at what your saying and put yourself in both of their shoes and not be so bias if anything I don't think need to get stricter on the law, but actually realize what rape really is. Age ain't nothing, but a number.
Actually...
You CAN rape a man. Not saying that this case was rape, but in response to your statement... a man's physical response during a rape has nothing to do with him either wanting it or desiring it. It is a physical response that the body cannot control. His body may be saying yes, but his mouth may be saying "no". It is a common misconception that men cannot be raped. There are many documented cases of female predators raping male victims. Perhaps you should do some research before you make your statements.
I agree the child needs to
I agree the child needs to be punished for commiting to it also,and the parents need to be held responsible for not keeping an eye out to where and what there kid was doing.Like I always said it takes 2 to tango.
PenderCounty
First of all lets get something straight here, He knew what he was doing when he was doing it and he didnt care. We know she was wrong but he was just as wrong as her. He is 16 Not 15 so thats wrong. overall do you think that he is going to get into trouble NO he isnt. If it wasnt for his Mother Finding out this would of went on and on. But overall it is still wrong but Walk into their shoes and see.
15 y/o grown-up or not
Well some of you think that a 15 y/o or older should not have sex? Also to you that said that you had 4 kids 2 boys and 2 girls. i hate to tell you that the boy will not make it out of high school with out having sex, and your girls might be on the same road. All of you need to stop and think about something. State Law says that you can consent to sex to anyone at the age of 16 years old. There is nothing that a parent can do about it. Read first then reply to this one. Read the state law. Not saying this is right but for you to sit there and say that the boy didn't know what he was doing and what could happen is wrong. what would this boy do if he got a 15 y/o girl pregnant, what would he do then.
reply to LEO
I said I have 4 ,2 boys/2girls. I am not saying teens wont have sex I am saying they are too young at 15 to engage in it and understand all that goes along with it emotionally.
I know the state laws well and having sex with a 15 year old when your 35 is a crime.
Just to let you know, my 18 & 21 year old girls are both still virgins, we are close so don't say I am kidding myself. I taught them both about sex in a very honest way, they respect themselves. My boys...one is 23 and married w/ 1 child (he had sex at 18 first time w/ his future wife), the other is 24, my step-son, single and he was in HS when he had sex for the first time (I also was not in his life then) but I don't know if that would have changed anything for him.
Either way, 3 of my kids made it thru HS w/o sex, they did not fall to the pressure. They are all very attractive people so that was not the problem. Its called teaching your children from an early age to respect themselves.
They do listen if you are honest and most importantly NON JUDGEMENTAL .
Sock it to her, She did the crime, now do the time!
Adults know that It is against the law to have sex with a minor. While she is sitting in jail maybe she will realize it wasnt worth it, learn from her mistake and never do it again. The same thing has happened in Brunswick County but so far no charges have been brought against the woman. The boy was in her custody and she decided to abuse that responsibility. He has reported it but so far no action has been took by the police. She knew what she did was wrong, because she hid it from her husband and children.If a woman will have sex with her nephew then what will stop her from having sex with her own children or letting someone else have sex with them?
Look Grandma
Not Sock it to her. There is two sides to everystory and Everyone is beating up on her Thats not fair. what does he not playin in this? There is more to what happen between them then we know about it will all come out in the end but you think he is going to get punish NO he isnt. Because it is all her fault last time I check she dont have a penis. So when it all comes out then talk your crap but until then dont blame her for everything it isnt fair. I will keep her family in my thoughts. So Grandma get your Fact together
Pender Co. Woman Arrested
No one knows all the facts until they walk in someone else's shoes. Both parties have admitted their guilt and we need to pray for all of them and their families. Who will or HAS "cast the first stone?".
Goverment says we are adults
Goverment says we are adults at 18. Are we really. How many 25 year old children do we know? yeah can't count that high. at 15 you know what is right and wrong. so if she is in the wrong so is he. if the state puts her in jail he need to go to juvi. i'm sure he didn't say no no no stop so he agreed. fair is fair. if the parents would of know where there children are than a lot of this non sence wouldn't be happing.
Finally someone sees it as we all should.......
I too think the kid should have some discipline in this situation. As well as the parents.
The real victims here...
This lady has two kids, an apparent life situation that isn't the best of things, or she would not be in this trouble. She is not a product of a perfect home, far from it, maybe not an evil demon either. There is nothing excusable about any of this, but she appears to have been enabled by family way too far on-ward in life.
you make the bed you sleep in. she carefully prepared this bed and the tramatic events that led to this arrest exposed every last bit of this. tramatic events exposed everything for the community. let's wait for the court case to expose the rest.
the kids are the loser's here. nobody wins. but the children of her's will lose the most of all. who will remember that fact?
Child molester
Here we go....a FEMALE child molester. She needs permanent JAIL time. She is 35 and not bad looking by the picture you, cant tell me she cant pick up any man at a bar to get sex. NO she molests a 15 year old kid. I bet that kid thought he was big Poop getting it from an older woman. I hope he sees her for what she is, trash.
Is it really such a bad thing
Really think about when you were 15 guys. Would having sex with THIS woman really have traumatized you? Not me, I would have been the bomb with all the fellas, lol. I think our society has gone a little crazy with the teen sex thing. Obviously it is a little different with a 35 y/o guy and 15 y/o girl but if a girl is mature and responsible at 16 or 17 what is the real harm in it? Our relatives back in the day used to get married at 14 or 15. Cut this lady some slack and pat the 15 year old boy on the back for a job well done.
Double standard!
If I am reading this correctly, if this had been your son you would pat him on the back and say good job son. Now, what if it were your little girl, 15 years old, the apple of your eye, maybe even a virgin, and she had sex with a 35 year old man. Would you pat her on the back and say good job honey. Would you cut him some slack? I would hope not. I think there is a double standard going on in your article. There is a reason there is a difference in adults and minors. She took advantage of this child. He had nothing she couldn't get from someone her own age. Some people just love to prey on children. If this is proven, then she should have to pay dearly for this act and sickness, if for no other reason, to keep her from doing this to another child.
yes, it is a big thing
NO, it would not be different if it was a 35 yr old man and 15 yr old girl!! A child is a child and the gender has nothing to do with it!! This woman betrayed the trust of the family, etc. What if it was your child??? I bet the shoes would wear different then, huh? She should get the absolute maximum sentence with no chance of parole!! There are always people in prison looking for exactly what she wants!! They love to see a child molester come in to stay for a while. By the time she gets out, maybe her sexual needs will be satisfied!!!
SICK, SICK, SICK!!!! IT IS
SICK, SICK, SICK!!!!
IT IS SO WRONG. WE ARE NOT ANIMALS... WE ARE HUMANS. YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT A CHILD THAT WAY... THAT'S RIGHT A CHILD.. THEIR BODY MIGHT BE DEVELOPING.. BUT THEIR MIND IS STILL IMMATURE... AND THOUGHTS OF SEX WITH A CHILD IS WRONG. YOU ARE STEALING THEIR INNOCENCE.
SICK, SICK, SICK!!!!!!!!
Sick? Get real!
You are over-dramatizing things a bit. In a few months or less this child will be given the keys to a car to operate on our roads. Practically handing the kid a lethal weapon. So you think he will all of the sudden become a rational adult? Get REAL!
The parents of the teen need to have some of the burden of the responsibility on them as well. They didn't know what was going on? Too bad, their fault. Too many parents today think the same way and are lax, lazy and distant from their children. Momma should have been all up in his biz!
response to Another Guest
Momma DID know...at least suspected it and still let her children go to this lady's house. If Momma was so concerned she'd have more people in jail because of her 13 or 14 yr old daughter. Momma tries to be in everyone's business but lets everyone else raise her kids until they need their butts beat...and beat...and beat. This of course is my opinion and if you knew the vics mom, it would probably be your opinion too.
In ReSpOnSe... to U
There has to be more into this than just sex. Drugs, something. A lack of personal love would not explain this type of behavior. People are hurt and are victims that are not even named in the lists of indictments of this woman, namely her kids and those people that care the the teen. The teens mom should have been up his influential butt seeing what he was doing, what he said he was and who he was with, ignorance isn't an excuse.
etc... She should have sought help if things were that bad. She could have bent over on any Wilmington downtown street corner and got the same attention she recieved from legal guys drinking downtown. So what has she spread in diseases that you cannot wipe off?
brb
what the...
I get your first paragraph...but your second is plain ignorant. You act like you know this woman and persons involved, but you don't know anything at all. She probably doesnt even do drugs or drink, and what the hell are you talking about diseases? Stop bringing up stuff you know nothing about and putting all kinds of ideas into other peoples' heads. For all I know, YOU are the one bending over on any wilmington street corner getting some attention since you obviously know how it's done. Give these involved parties a break and stop talking about their loved one that way.
men like this guy....
You obviously are very young and have no kids. If you had kids you would not be thinking this way....unless you are a complete idiot & trash yourself that is.
Teen sex thing? Back in the day? This isn't the 1800's.
Mature and responsible at 16/17 ??? LMAO I have 4 teenagers 2 sons/2 daughters ...NO teenager is responsible enough to take on a sex life with all the bad consequences that can happen. Sure they all learn somehow but being used by a 35 year old is really perverted. What if this 35 year old woman has HIV? She apparently sleeps around a LOT. What if she got pregnant? Whats a 15 year old going to do about that? If my sons ever had this woman praying on them, I would have gone ape on her nasty rear.
Trust me this woman is sick in the head going after a 15 year old little kid. If you get off your male pig mentality you would see it.
Then why do we let them drive?
Then why we let them drive? And give them cell phones. Force them into school schedules.
You would give them a deadly weapon and trust them but not blame them. Your a hypocrite. Pick a side but not both you bigot of a person.
what?
Hola....what are you talking about? Driving, cell phones, school??? WHAT in the heck does that have to do with molestation of a 15 year old???
Give them a gun? what? Before you start calling people names you need to figure out your point, if you have one.
What
First of all there wasnt any molestation they both did it PERIOD.
Goes back to the first comment made on this page........
you are obviously a PARENT. CONGRATULATIONS!!!
I second that AMEN.
Glad some people still care about our children
15 years old is still a child. I know of this also happening in Brunswick County. The boy reported it to the police department, so far no action has been taken against the thirty-something year old woman. The boy was in her custody and care. She was mature and knew what she was doing was wrong, thats why she hid it from her husband.
AMEN!
All I can say about your comment is AMEN! I too have children and I could not think of a better way to say it! Good Job!
but hes a boy
How can you blame a 15 year old for having sex with an older women...is that not every kids dream? You have to put yourself in his shoes.