CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - A former Four Oaks youth counselor has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing and exploiting a 14-year-old boy in 2018.
Danielle Hook, 29, entered a written plea Thursday to amended charges of third-degree sexual abuse and sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist, The Gazette reported. As part of a deal with prosecutors, a charge of harboring a runaway will be dismissed.
Prosecutors also agreed to recommend lifetime probation for Hook when she’s sentenced May 18. Her convictions on the two counts together carry a possible sentence of up to 15 years in prison.
The judge who accepted her plea Thursday ordered her to register as a sex offender for 10 years.
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