Debra Lafave free from house arrest

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tampa teacher-turned-sex offender Debra Lafave is free from her house arrest. The 27-year-old Lafave is the middle-school teacher who avoided prison by pleading guilty to having sex with a 14-year-old student. She finish...   read entire article»

Behind bars, but hasn't lost her smile

Tampa, Florida -- Stephanie Ragusa has been arrested three times and faces charges in connection with having sexual relations with two underage male students. The former teacher appeared before Hillsborough Judge J. Rogers Padgett on Monday in c...   read entire article»

Transcripts, audio released in teacher sex case

UPDATE: Investigators have released the audio recording of a phone call between Stephanie Ragusa and an alleged victim. Click on the link to the right to listen to it. By: Mike Deeson Tampa, Florida - Although Stephanie Ragusa smiled eac...   read entire article»

Lafave to be released from house arrest early

Tampa, Florida - Teacher-turned-sex-offender Debra Lafave gets to spend her final three months of house arrest on probation instead. A judge ordered Tuesday that the 27-year-old former middle school teacher will be released from house arrest on ...   read entire article»

What's going on? Teachers and students having sex

By: Angie Atalla If it seems like a teacher is getting arrested almost every week, that's exactly what's happening. First, former Davidson Middle School Math teacher Stephanie Ragusa. She's accused of having sexual encounters with a student ...   read entire article»

Why are teachers sleeping with students?

By: Isabel Mascareñas Tampa, Florida — What's the attraction between teachers and students? Does the school system need better screening? Do educators need more ethics training? Those are just some of the questions raised Tuesday ...   read entire article»

UPDATE: Substitute teacher arrested on sex charges bonds out of jail

New Port Richey, Florida - It has happened again! Another Bay area school teacher is behind bars, accused of having sex with a student. This time it's 40-year-old Lisa Marinelli, a substitute teacher at Mitchell High School in New Port Richey. I...   read entire article»

Lafave won't go to jail

By: Mike Deeson Tampa, Florida - Common sense: that's what both sides argued in court and whether Debra Lafave violated her conditions of community control by talking to a co-worker who was under 18. While no one mentioned the words "too...   read entire article»

UPDATE: No prison time for Debra Lafave

Tampa, Florida -- Former teacher Debra Lafave was found in violation of her probation today, but a judge felt it was not significant enough to warrant any jail time. Lafave was accused of talking to an underage female co-worker about personal is...   read entire article»

Lafave scheduled to make court appearance this week

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A former middle school teacher and sex offender is scheduled to appear in court again this week. Debra Lafave has a hearing Thursday in Tampa to determine if she violated her probation. The hearing was originally schedul...   read entire article»