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A 911 dispatcher faces eight counts of capital sexual battery and five counts of lewd and lascivious molestation, the Palm Bay Police Department said.According to police, Amanda Chandler, 40, was hospitalized after an attempt to overdose over the weekend. Further investigation revealed an inappropriate sexual relationship with an 11-year-old boy she had befriended and used to babysit, police said.Officials believe the relationship may have started in February or March and involved physical intimacy on numerous occasions, according to a release from the department."We are sickened by this news. It's disgusting," said Commander John Resh.According to an affidavit, Chandler's husband told detectives that he felt an inappropriate relationship started between his wife and the boy about four months ago.He told detectives that he found Chandler and the boy in bed and it appeared they had just been kissing, the affidavit said.Chandler's husband said the behavior was the cause of arguments with his wife but that she would deny anything was happening, the affidavit said.Multiple messages were found on Chandler's phone where she confesses her love to the boy, the affidavit said.According to the affidavit, Chandler told a detective that a sexual relationship between her and the boy started about a month ago. She described several instances of oral sex and that the last time it happened was a week before her arrest, according to the affidavit.Court documents indicate officials with the Department of Children and Families talked with the boy, who said that he and Chandler would "touch each other's privates and had a sexual relationship."Chandler was with the department for about three years. She's currently suspended without pay, and the police chief is in the process of terminating her employment.Chandler remains hospitalized, but will be booked into the Brevard County Jail once medically cleared.Authorities have seized Chandler's digital media as part of the investigation.Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact Detective Jasmine Smith at 321-733-3028.Also see: Rocky Fire burns in Northern California