Female Teacher Faces Up To 10 Years In Prison For Sex With Two Students...

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Tampa, Florida (CNN) -- Former middle school math teacher Stephanie Ragusa was teary-eyed Monday as she pleaded guilty to having sex with two underage students.

Ragusa, 31, faces up to 10 years in prison when she is sentenced on June 15.

She pleaded guilty to three counts of lewd and lascivious battery in a March 2008 case involving a 14-year-old boy.

She also pleaded guilty to two counts of having unlawful sex with a minor in an April 2008 case involving a 16-year-old student.

Prosecutor Rita Peters said Ragusa had intercourse with the 14-year-old on three occasions between October 2006 and May 2007. Evidence in that case included a phone conversation police recorded with the teen's consent. During the phone call, Ragusa could be heard urging him to keep their encounters secret, Peters said.

Peters said the encounters with the other teen began when he was 15. They ended when she was arrested in April 2008 as she was leaving his home. Evidence in the case included DNA matches, several amorous letters Ragusa wrote and gifts she gave him, the prosecutor added. The gifts included a key chain with her initials on it.

Peters said investigators also found a will in Ragusa's handwriting that named the teen as executor.

Shackled and dressed in an orange jumpsuit, Ragusa entered her guilty pleas just before a jury was to be picked at her trial.

Ragusa repeatedly glanced at her father, Ricardo Ragusa, as details of the charges were read aloud in court. Tears welled in her eyes, and she shrugged her shoulders, ducked her head and hid her face beneath a veil of long, dark brown hair.

Peters said outside the courtroom that she had spoken with the victims and their families, and they were "in full support of the resolution in these cases."

"They were prepared to testify," Peters added.

Ragusa has been in jail since her arrest, and defense attorney Robert Herce said she has spent more time behind bars than several other teachers in Hillsborough County, Florida, who have faced similar charges.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/12/florida.teacher.student.sex/index.html?hpt=T2

[luckytxn 2,264]

I like that the police waited till she came out of the kids house before arresting her. Might as well let the kid knock off one more piece before she goes to jail.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Not bad. I would have had a hard time concentrating on anything but the teacher, if I had her in High School. I had crushes on less attractive teachers than that.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

Not bad. I would have had a hard time concentrating on anything but the teacher, if I had her in High School. I had crushes on less attractive teachers than that.

Did you ever get a ####### over a nun?

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Did you ever get a ####### over a nun?

Nope. Most nuns still wore the full habits, although some of the more adventuresome might show an ankle, or an occasional calf. I finished parochial school in 1970. They just started doing the Mass in English a few years earlier. I remember having to learn to do the mass in Latin as I was training as an altar boy, and the Priests all smoked fat cigars, "consoled" the widows, and played golf. No pansy pedophiles back then!

[Nagishkaw 510]

She should have waited until they were at least at the age of consent.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

She should have waited until they were at least at the age of consent.

At 15 I would have consented!!

Lucky little punks.

[Calypso 464]

That's unfortunate.

In my two years as a high school teacher, I never had a crush on any of my students. I treated them as my own kids. I was about to be 20 years old when I got a teaching job.

When we were en route to Scarantino's, an FM station began playing Van Halen's "I'm Hot for Teacher." My husband asked me to listen. He said that was for me. I hadn't known such a song existed until yesterday.

[lostinblue 1,989]

If she was a little bit hotter perhaps all she would get is 6 months house arrest.

[CDAgirlMI 51]

She is so messed up.

16? 15? Really???

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

She is so messed up.

16? 15? Really???

Males do seem to have an incredible ability to recover at that age. I suppose for her, it was a matter of quantity, not quality.

[rsn 135]

niiiiiiiiiiccccccceeeeeeee

[trillium13 84]

She is so messed up.

16? 15? Really???

I'm with you. If you're 31 years old and you're attracted to 14 or 16 year old boys, there is something wrong with you, regardless of what said 14 or 16 year old boys might think.

[rsn 135]

[Danno 1,228]

Nope. Most nuns still wore the full habits, although some of the more adventuresome might show an ankle, or an occasional calf. I finished parochial school in 1970. They just started doing the Mass in English a few years earlier. I remember having to learn to do the mass in Latin as I was training as an altar boy, and the Priests all smoked fat cigars, "consoled" the widows, and played golf. No pansy pedophiles back then!

Speaking of....... for some reason Priests, who have mostly targeted Teen boys get the "bottom of the barrel -Scum award, but when teachers do the same thing... it's no biggy.

Why does the Teaching profession somehow escape the "black cloud" which has settled over the priesthood?