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Offenders get pregnant, too - should we forgive them?
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Teacher Pleads No Contest to Molestation
Posted: May 27, 2005 at 12:00 p.m.
REDWOOD CITY (BCN) -- A one time Redwood City teacher who had a baby with a teenage former student pleaded no contest Friday to one felony in San Mateo County Superior Court.
Rebecca Ann Boicelli, 34, pleaded to one count of a lewd act upon a child at least 10 years younger than herself. She accepted the prosecution's plea offer after her defense attorney unsuccessfully argued to have the case dismissed.
Boicelli was arrested Jan. 20 after an extensive investigation and DNA paternity testing confirmed that the teen fathered the baby, born in June of 2004.
Defense attorney Terry Bowman argued that because Boicelli may have conceived the child out of state, the court did not have jurisdiction to prosecute Boicelli on three counts of lewd acts upon a child and one count of unlawful intercourse with a minor.
According to evidence presented in court, Boicelli first met the boy identified in court as John Doe when he was 14 and she was his teacher at a Redwood City school.
The following year, when the boy was 15 and no longer Boicelli's student, witnesses reported seeing her and the boy together "in what appeared to be in an intimate relationship," Raffaelli said. The San Mateo County District Attorney's office investigated the case for about two years before filing charges.
In the 2002-03 and 2003-04 school years Boicelli worked at Redwood City's Roy Cloud School, teaching math, science, P.E. and co-teaching sex education to eighth grade students.
According to the testimony of Redwood City Police Detective Carmine Galotta, the victim was a "frequent visitor" around Roy Cloud School, both on and off school hours. Boicelli often had her classroom drapes closed, Galotta said.
Boicelli introduced the boy to colleagues and students as her 21-year-old cousin, Galotta said.
Boicelli was also a "constant visitor" at the boy's apartment complex when his mother was not home, according to Galotta. The teen's mother reportedly told Galotta that Boicelli would often keep her son out very late. The boy claimed he was helping his teacher paint, his mother told police.
The victim initially claimed that he never had intercourse with Boicelli. When confronted with the DNA evidence about the child, the boy told Galotta he had sex with Boicelli only once, in Reno or Lake Tahoe Nevada.
With Friday's plea agreement, Boicelli faces a maximum sentence of 3 years in prison followed by four years of probation. Boicelli, in custody on $500,000 bail, will return to court for sentencing on Aug. 19 at 1:30 p.m.
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Some of them even have the gall to seek custody of their children after they molest
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[Read more letters about this article: Here]Family In Custody Battle After Student-Teacher Affair
Lawsuit Claims School District Didn't Take Action To End Affair
POSTED: 4:57 pm EST January 26, 2006
STRONGSVILLE, Ohio -- What began as a sexual relationship between a Strongsville teacher and a male student has turned into a bitter custody battle over the couple's child, filled with finger pointing and lawsuits, reported NewsChannel5's Joe Pagonakis.
Steven Bradigan, 20, and his family want sole custody of his 2-year-old son. The family is also filing a lawsuit against Strongsville City Schools for not taking action against a teacher-student affair that they say should have been stopped.
Bradigan says his relationship with 39-year-old Christine Scarlett began when he was 17 years old and a junior at Strongsville High School.
Scarlett allegedly held a win a date with a teacher contest, and took Bradigan to Dairy Queen.
Bradigan said Scarlett then made a move on him in the parking lot of a Strongsville mall.
Bradigan says a sexual relationship followed, but his family and his attorney say when the incident was reported, the school district did little to pursue an investigation.
But the Strongsville school district says it acted quickly. School officials said they fired Scarlett immediately, contacted Cuyahoga County Children Services, and asked the Bradigans if they wanted to file charges with the police department.
Bradigan's parents say that didn't happen, and will file a lawsuit and fight for the custody of the toddler.