An Oklahoma City woman has been booked into the Oklahoma County Jail on outstanding DUI and traffic warrants and a child rape complaint after being accused of forcibly raping her friend's 13-year-old son.
According to reports, a friend of 28-year-old Jamie Alice Etsitty dropped by Etsitty's home to let her pick up some things for herself and her two children. The woman sent her own 13-year-old son inside to help Etsitty. However, the pair seemed to be taking a long time returning, so the woman sent her 8-year-old child inside to check on them.
When the younger boy returned, he told his mother that he heard "banging around" in the closet and saw Etsitty and his brother "doing dirty things."
The mother entered the home and confronted Etsitty, who denied any wrongdoing. The woman then took Etsitty to her own home, but noting that her son and her friend were "acting strange" and in light of Etsitty's extreme intoxication--the suspect passed out in the woman's vehicle--she called the police to report what her younger son told her.
Police interviewed the 13-year-old boy, who said that Etsitty was very drunk and acting "pushy," putting her hands in his pants and sexually assaulting him. He said that the woman forced him into the closet and made him perform sex acts. The boy indicated that he was scared and didn't know what to do, so he went along with Etsitty's demands.
Although the suspect initially denied the allegations, she allegedly confessed after hearing that the boy told police what happened.
Etsitty was arrested on a first degree rape complaint as well as outstanding warrants for driving while under suspension for a 2004 DUI conviction and for a 2007 charge of DUI causing a personal injury accident. She is held on $50,000 bond for the rape complaint; the judge has yet to set bail for the outstanding warrants.
It is clear that people make bad decisions while heavily intoxicated or impaired by drugs or alcohol. Alcoholism may be at the root of not only DUI, but also domestic violence, assault and battery, sexual assault and other crimes involving a lack of impulse control or impaired judgment. Unfortunately, some people do not get the help they need until they have made an impulsive decision that destroys their lives and the lives of those affected by their actions.
Sexual penetration accomplished through force or with a child under the age of 14 are two examples of the seven specified acts of first degree rape. First degree rape is punishable by a minimum sentence of 5 years in prison and a maximum of life without parole. As a Level 3 sex offense, it mandates lifetime sex offender registration.
