Court documents shed some light on the alleged victims’ ages – one as young as 14 – in the case against a McMinn County, Tennessee, woman accused of having sexual contact with at least nine minor boys between spring 2020 and late December 2021.
Melissa A. Blair, 38, of Englewood, faces 23 criminal counts in her alleged contact with the boys, including 18 counts of aggravated statutory rape, four counts of human trafficking by patronizing prostitution and one count of solicitation of a minor, according to the indictment issued Feb. 15 by the McMinn County grand jury.
Aggravated statutory rape – as a class D felony the most serious of the counts against her – carries a sentence upon conviction of two to 12 years in prison and up to a $5,000 fine, according to state law.
Blair turned herself in Tuesday and was released on $100,000 bond. She faces arraignment in circuit court Feb. 28, according to court officials. Blair’s lawyer, Knoxville attorney Robert R. Kurtz, declined to comment when contacted Wednesday by phone.
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