A Billings woman admitted Thursday to raping an underage boy earlier this year.

April Lynn Fergusson pleaded guilty in Yellowstone County District Court to sexual intercourse without consent, appearing before Judge Jessica Fehr. The 35-year-old was initially charged with two counts of rape before reaching a plea deal with prosecutors. Near the close of Thursday’s hearing, Judge Fehr asked how she would plead to the single count of sexual intercourse without consent.

“Guilty, your honor,” Fergusson said, sitting next to her attorney, Anna Rose Sullivan with the Office of the State Public Defender.

In March, investigators with the Billings Police Department received a video recording of Fergusson having intercourse with a boy under the age of 18. After confirming it was indeed Fergusson i

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