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Mum who had sex with son in incestuous relationship is arrested again for new crime

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Monica Mares was 36 when she was charged with incest in August 2016 after her disturbing relationship with her then-19-year-old son, Caleb Paterson, came to light

[Monica Mares]

Monica Mares' sick relationship with her son shocked the nation(Image: Curry County jail)

A mum who was involved in an incestuous relationship with her son is now facing further charges after another of her alleged crimes surfaced.

Monica Mares, 36 at the time, was charged with incest back in August 2016. Her shocking relationship with her then-19 year old son, Caleb Paterson, was exposed, leading to her arrest.

Mares was just 16 when she gave birth to Caleb, but within a week she had placed him for adoption to get on with her life. For the next two decades, mother and son had zero contact, until Caleb tracked down his birth mum using Facebook.

The duo exchanged messages for several weeks before finally meeting up. Monica then confessed she started experiencing what she called "crazy" emotions towards her own child. Caleb would then move in with his mother before the relationship became intimate.

[Caleb Paterson]

Her son Caleb Paterson, who was 19 when the relationship was exposed(Image: -)

Now, Mares has been nicked again, this time for allegedly breaking into a house in Clovis, New Mexico, on Sunday (august 9).

Mares is accused of stealing new kitchen worktops and light fittings, as well as causing a flood by turning on the water, according to the New York Post.

When she was arrested, Mares told the police that she had broken into the house because "she had no place to go, and that the weather, thunder and lightning, gave her headaches," Clovis Police Department Captain Roman Romero told The Post.

The property was empty at the time, as the 66-year-old homeowner was away, but a neighbour spotted the alleged break-in and alerted her to the disturbance, reports the Express US.

The homeowner's house has been burgled three times in the past three to four months, and her best friend, with whom she was staying in Texas,, believes Mares could be behind each burglary.

"It's too coincidental," 69-year-old Virginia Pritchett, the long-time best friend of the homeowner who did not want to be identified, told The Post.

She said: "The neighbour said she saw the gate wide open in the back, which is what happened before, and she said she saw a light shining and saw them in the laundry room... They knew exactly where to go.

"They knew what kind of tool to take. According to the police, they just unscrewed what the handyman had done, and unscrewed the locks and everything."

Mares was arrested when police arrived at the property, and Pritchett said they soon learned of her extensive criminal past.

"I've seen articles on Mares; she torched a home and set fire to a backyard while on meth. She's a thief who has broken into homes like my friend's before," Pritchett said.

"It seems to me that the justice system is not doing enough to punish this woman. And it just keeps going on. I'm mad as hell at her right now."

Pritchett said her friend is seeking to press charges against Mares, saying, "She needs to be sitting in an institution, wherever that is... I'm going to call the District Attorney and see where this goes."

Mares has reportedly had numerous run-ins with the law since her arrest in 2016.

She did not spend any time behind bars after pleading no-contest to a fourth degree felony of incest and instead received a sentence of three years of supervised and unsupervised probation.

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