i really have to jump in & editorialize.
as in past reports of female teachers & teen students, etc, & reading thru the comments accompanying these articles...... young boys as victims of women are often not regarded as a serious or dangerous crime. i find it sad that some are basically giving a "high five" to the boy.
updates:
http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/year_8450___article.html/leavitt_old.html
from NORTWEST FLORIDA DAILY NEWS ONLINE
"Angela Leavitt's husband: Bring our children home
Greg Leavitt pleads after wife left with alleged 16-year-old lover
June 6, 2008 - 8:03PM
Andrew Gant
MILTON - Angela Leavitt was part of a "very normal family" for most of a 10-year marriage, her husband said Friday.
Today, lawmen say the 28-year-old woman is on the run, along with the couple's two children and her own 16-year-old lover - launching a manhunt in and beyond Santa Rosa County.
Greg Leavitt stood at the Sheriff‘s Office just after 4 p.m. Friday, pleading for the public's help in finding his children and then asking Angela to act rationally.
"I believe the whole situation is a dangerous situation," Greg said in a room full of cameras, asking anyone with information on the case to call authorities.
"Please bring the children home," he said, in case Angela might hear him later. "Then deal with whatever it is you need to deal with."
The children, 9-year-old Damien and 8-year-old Haley, have been missing since Tuesday night, when Greg said Angela took them away in her dark gray Dodge Durango without explanation. He had them at a family member's home that night when she picked them up.
On Wednesday, Greg said he called the children's school and learned they were absent.
Now lawmen say both Angela and the 16-year-old boy quit their jobs at Whataburger on Tuesday and left town.
They left because they knew an arrest was looming, lawmen say.
Investigators allege the pair has had sex at least three times, that Angela text-messaged the boy about having a baby together and that their relationship may have been sexual for months.
Lawmen were about to arrest Leavitt when they discovered she had fled her home. She knew an arrest warrant was issued, according to the Sheriff's Office.
The boy hasn't been named. He isn't considered a kidnapping victim, said Sheriff's Sgt. Scott Haines.
Authorities have not issued an Amber alert for him or the Leavitt children.
They said the 16-year-old's parents have been very cooperative in the investigation.
Greg Leavitt said his children were probably confused and nervous, describing Damien as a shy, quiet boy in contrast to his "rowdy" sister Haley.
Damien will turn 10 on June 16, he said.
He also told reporters he "knew something" about the 16-year-old and his wife before their departure, but never met him and had no indication that Angela was about to leave town.
Angela has family and friends in various locations around the country, he added. Haines said investigators do have some specific locations in mind, but didn't name them.
She faces second-degree felony charges of unlawful sexual activity with a minor. Her husband deflected personal questions about the marriage and said he is worried only about Damien and Haley.
"She'll have to deal with whatever happens to her legally," he said of Angela's charges. "That was her decision to make."
KNOW SOMETHING?
Angela Leavitt is believed to be driving a dark pewter gray 2005 Dodge Durango with Florida tag J77-6VI.
If you have information about Leavitt or her children's whereabouts, call the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office at 983-1242 or Crime Stoppers at 437-STOP. Information leading to an arrest may be worth up to $1,000."
