Woman Raped Boy, 13, She Met Playing X-Box Online

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (KTLA) -- A 36-year-old woman is accused flying across the country to have sex with a 13-year-old boy she befriended while playing X-Box Live online.

Rachel Ann Hicks was taken into custody Friday by Orange County sheriff's investigators.

Sheriff's investigator say the woman initially "met" the boy in September in an X-Box live chat room, Orange County Sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said.

The online relationship progressed to phone calls, texting, e-mails and sending sexually explicit images and movies between one another, the sheriff's office said in a press release.

While visiting family members in Florida over the Thanksgiving holiday, Hicks, a married mother of three, drove to the boy's home in Maryland and "engaged in sexual activity" with him, Amormino said.

The boys' family confronted him after finding "romantic" messages from Hicks on his cell phone, and he admitted to the relationship, Amormino said.

Since Hicks used a fake name when communicating with the boy, and claimed to be 23-years-old, investigators worked with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations Child Exploitation Unit to determine her true identity, Amormino said.

She was taken into custody at her Lake Forest home Friday afternoon, and is being held without bail on suspicion of rape, child molestation and sexual solicitation of a minor, Amormino said.

Hicks admitted to having a relationship with at least one other underage boy in California, Amormino said, and authorities are searching for additional victims.

"She flew to Florida and drove to Maryland, so apparently there are no boundaries," Amormino said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact authorities at 1-866-TIP-OCSD or 1-866-847-6273.

Where do we start? X-box, Grown woman with three kids, Flying across the country to have sex with a 13 year old boy?

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