A Florida woman is facing felony charges for allegedly posing online as a homeschooler to sexually assault an underage boy.
22-year-old Alyssa Ann Zinger was arrested in Tampa on Nov. 24 and taken to jail; she faces two counts of lewd or lascivious battery and five counts of lewd or lascivious molestation. The police do not believe this was an isolated incident.
“It is disturbing and unsettling to see an adult take advantage of a child and prey on them,” Chief Lee Bercaw said in a statement. “Anyone who may have been a victim of Zinger’s, we encourage you to come forward. The Tampa Police Department will support you and ensure a predator like Zinger doesn’t cause you or others additional harm.”
Police say they were tipped off that Zinger allegedly had a relationship with a child between the ages of 12 and 15, and that following an investigation, they learned that she “communicated with the victim primarily through an online social media platform.”
I am too old to fall for anyone completely nowadays, and ironically the strong feelings, both sexually and mentally, towards mature women I had when I was in adolescence are the closest things towards love I can claim to have had. Had any of them advanced on me, I would fall for it, and I don’t know if that would really be a misfortune.
I guess it’s just like alcohol or cigarettes. The state sanctions teenagers’ right to decide, because this causes less trouble collectively speaking, at the expanse of a few rare cases where the teenagers are mature enough to make well-informed decision. I therefore think the following two narratives can coexist: we can acknowledge such relationship is inappropriate from a legal perspective, while also acknowledge that personal experience can vary within such relationship and remain open minded to whatever special cases that can occur.