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Wednesday, June
20, 2007
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Posted 6/20/2007 11:32:00 PM
Teacher Guilty of
Sex with Boy, 14
(Phoenix,
Arizona) A 27-year-old teacher's aide at Andalucía Middle School, Alma
Hernandez, has pleaded guilty in Maricopa County Superior Court to
attempted sexual conduct with a 14-year-old boy.
In accordance
with a plea agreement with the county attorney's office, Hernandez
will receive a minimum of 10 years in prison.
According to
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, Hernandez found the
14-year-old boy at a playground, took him to her car and had sex with
him. The boy's parents learned of the incident and alerted the police.
"This a troubling
sign of the times with the recent spate of teachers, teachers aides
and others school employees preying on children," Thomas said at a
news conference.
To counter the
trend of child sex offenders being sentenced to a mere year in jail
and probation, Thomas said he instituted minimum 10-year terms. Last
week, teacher Jeri Deanne Perez received a 10-year sentence for child
sex offenses in the same jurisdiction.
Hernandez is scheduled to be
sentenced on July 25th.
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