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HIV positive Iowa woman wants probation in child molestation case

By John Mangalonzo, The Hawk Eye, Burlington, Iowa

Sept. 02–A Davenport woman accused of molesting her friend’s child during a sleepover, forcing the child to perform sexual acts on her, has pleaded guilty.

Michelle Renee Warren, who recently revealed she is HIV positive, pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of lascivious acts with a child, a felony that carries 10 years in prison.

The penalty will be contested with Warren expected to ask for probation and Des Moines County prosecutors urging a judge to impose the 10-year prison term.

Warren, 21, also may be subjected to a lifetime of parole supervision along with sex offender registry requirements and residency restrictions.

During a bond review hearing in August, Warren said she wants out and could not afford her $10,000 in bail money. She said she wanted to go home to have her own child tested for HIV, because she is a carrier.

The woman said she was positive during the time the allegations of inappropriate contact with a friend’s child occurred.

HIV is most commonly transmitted through sexual contact or sharing needles with an infected person.

A police investigation indicated Warren was staying at her friend’s home in the 500 block of South Central Avenue in January 2010 when the incident happened.

Authorities said she went to bed, and her friend’s 8-year-old son laid down with her. Police said the woman initiated a sex act on the child.

The child quickly got off the bed and told his mother what had happened.

An interview with Child Protection Center in Muscatine soon followed where the boy reportedly told the same story.

Warren fled Burlington and was arrested in the Davenport area in June.

She is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 10.|

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