Grasston Woman Guilty of Sexual Assualt
Melissa Sunderland, 26, of Grasston pleaded guilty Friday in Burnett County Court to two misdemeanor 4th Degree Sexual Assault Charges. She had sexual relations with a 15-year-old boy in Pine City and Wood River Township. Sunderland will spend nine-months in jail for the charges.
Burnett County Attorney, William Norine, tells Red Rock Radio the case was a “Long and complicated proceeding.”
According to the Burnett County Sentinel the encounters began in November 2007. On top of the jail time, she must also undergo a sexual offender evaluation.


