13 things about Shalotte, North Carolina’s Sara Jean Sellers

Sara Jean Sellers is an American woman from Shallotte, Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. Walter Eccard has been the mayor of the town since December 2013.

BIOGRAPHY

Sellers is accused of sexually abusing underage boys. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is also known as Sara Jean Corn.
2. She is affiliated with the Republican Party.
3. She is registered to vote in Shallotte.
4. She is Timothy Sellers‘ wife.
5. Aside from Shalotte, she has lived in other parts of North Carolina including Bolivia, Brunswick, Oak Island and Southport.
6. She and Timothy have two daughters together.
7. She is four years younger than Timothy
8. In 2002, she and Timothy got married.
9. From 2018 to 2021, she allegedly sexually abused several underage boys including two boys aged 12 at the time of the abuses.
10. On June 26, 2018, she allegedly sexually abused a child.
11. On January 25, 2021, she allegedly sexually abused a minor.
12. On August 5, 2024, she turned 44.
13. In 2025, she was arrested.

TIMELINE

2025

• On the morning of February 14, 2025, she was arrested, booked into the Brunswick County Detention Center in Bolivia and charged with 10 counts each of statutory sex with a child by an adult and statutory rape of a child by an adult and 20 counts each of indecent liberties with a child, statutory rape of a child less than 15 years old and statutory sex offense with a child less than 15 years old.
• On March 21, 2025, she was charged with two counts of indecent liberties with a child for the crimes she allegedly committed on June 26, 2018 and eight counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor for the crimes she allegedly committed on January 25, 2021. The new charges added $20,000 and $50,000 to her $2 million secure bond.