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Cool Mom gets seriously uncool jail time

A woman accused of having sex with high school boys during drug and alcohol parties was sentenced this week to 30 years in prison. The 41-year-old Silvia Johnson describes herself to investigators as a ?cool mom? who ?was never popular with classmates in high school? and who was beginning to feel like one of the group.

Johnson pleaded guilty in July to two misdemeanor counts of sexual assault and nine felony counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She also was sentenced for additional charges of third-degree assault, violation of a restraining order and harassment for unrelated cases involving her husband and children.

Authorities say Johnson held parties for the boys almost weekly between October 2003 and October 2004, adding that she provided drugs and alcohol to eight boys and had sex with five of them. Johnson was to be sentenced on Sept. 26, but the hearing was postponed after she was injured the day before while riding in an SUV that veered off an interstate.