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Woman is facing sex abuse charge

KEITH KINNAIRD | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 8 years, 7 months AGO
by KEITH KINNAIRD
News Editor | October 5, 2016 1:00 AM

SANDPOINT — A Sagle woman is awaiting arraignment allegations that she inappropriately touched a 10-year-old girl earlier this year.

Amanda Marie Nordland is charged with sexual abuse of a minor.

She waived her right in advance of a preliminary hearing in Bonner County Magistrate Court, which was set for Wednesday.

The waiver advances her case to 1st District Court for arraignment. Nordland is free on her own recognizance and a court order forbidding her from having any contact with the alleged victim has been entered, according to court documents.

Nordland, 30, is accused touching the girl’s genitals over her clothes last spring. The girl quoted Nordland as saying, “Relax. It’ll feel good.”

The alleged victim said in the incident occurred during a spring break sleepover, a probable cause affidavit said.

Nordland initially denied touching the girl, although she admitted the misconduct following a polygraph examination in Coeur d’Alene. Nordland also provided a written statement admitting her culpability, court records show.

Nordland has no prior criminal record in the state of Idaho, according to the state supreme court’s data repository.

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