Guilty! Jennalin M. Garcia-Calle, Plainfield, New Jersey (arrested Jan 2013)

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Jennalin M. Garcia-Calle (Piscataway, New Jersey), 28, algebra teacher at Plainfield High School, Plainfield Public School District, Plainfield, New Jersey, "accusations she was having sex with a 16-year-old student inside her classroom"

Arrested at: Recovery Institute of South Florida, 5540 David Rd., Davie, Florida

US Marshals Service Press Release: New Jersey High School Teacher Accused of Having Sex with a Student Arrested by U.S. Marshals (Jan 25 2013)

Ft. Lauderdale, FL – The U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force in Ft. Lauderdale arrested a teacher yesterday who is wanted in New Jersey on charges of sexual assault on a student at the school where she was a teacher. 28-year old Jennalin Garcia-Calle was taken into custody yesterday by U.S. Marshals and task force officers from the Ft. Lauderdale and Davie Police Departments. The fugitive teacher was arrested at the Recovery Institute of South Florida located at 5540 David Rd., in Davie, Florida. The Plainfield Police Department which is located approximately 20 miles south of Newark, New Jersey issued an arrest warrant for Garcia-Calle on January 22, 2013 charging her with Sexual Assault in the 2nd Degree and Child Abuse in the 4th Degree. The arrest warrant alleges that Garcia-Calle engaged in sex acts with a 16-year old male student while having Supervisory or Disciplinary power over the student. The Child Abuse allegations allege Garcia-Calle performed indecent, immoral or unlawful acts in the presence of a child 16 years old. The sexual assault and child abuse allegations were alleged to have been committed between December 1, 2012 and January 17, 2013. The sexual acts are also alleged to have occurred at the school where Garcia-Calle was a teacher. ​

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On Thursday (01/24/2013) investigators and the US Marshals Fugitive Task Force in New Jersey received information that Garcia-Calle fled the Newark, New Jersey area and headed to South Florida to get “Help”. Investigators in New Jersey immediately contacted the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force in Ft. Lauderdale to locate Garcia-Calle. Deputy Marshals and task force officers quickly responded to the Recovery Institute in Davie, Florida yesterday afternoon and located Garcia-Calle. She was placed under arrest and taken into custody without incident. ​

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Garcia-Calle was booked into the Broward County jail on the outstanding charges from New Jersey. For more information regarding this arrest, please contact the Union County Prosecutor’s Office and speak to Detective Trish Gusmano at (908) 527-4589 or John Holl at (908) 527-4621. A picture of Garcia-Calle can be obtained at the Broward County Sheriff’s jail public website www.sheriff.org. Garcia-Calle’s first name is listed as Jemalin.​

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Sun Sentinel: NJ teacher arrested in Davie accused of sex with teen student: Allegedly fled to South Florida to seek 'help' (Jan 25 2013)

A New Jersey high school teacher was arrested after she reportedly fled to Davie amid accusations she was having sex with a 16-year-old student inside her classroom ... Acting on a tip, members of the U.S. Marshals Florida Regional Fugitive Task Force in Fort Lauderdale found the teacher at the Recovery Institute of South Florida, a drug and psychiatric treatment center in Davie. She was arrested Thursday afternoon at the center with the help of the Fort Lauderdale and Davie Police departments, officials said ... In a report that appeared on the website mycentraljersey.com, authorities in New Jersey began investigating after the student told a family member about his relationship with the teacher. Family members then contacted police, according to the news site.​

 

NBC Miami: Jennalin Garcia-Calle, New Jersey Teacher Accused of Having Sex With Student, Arrested in South Florida: Teacher alleged to have had sex with 16-year-old student arrested in Broward (Jan 25 2013)

A New Jersey teacher wanted on charges of engaging in sex acts with a 16-year-old student was arrested in South Florida, U.S. Marshals said Friday. Jennalin Garcia-Calle, 28, was arrested Thursday at the Recovery Institute of South Florida in Davie by U.S. Marshals and fugitive task force officers from the Fort Lauderdale and Davie Police departments, the agency said ... Garcia-Calle was booked into the Broward County Jail on charges of sexual assault and child abuse. She's being held without bond and it's unknown whether she has an attorney.​

 

CBS Local New York: N.J. High School Teacher Accused Of Having Sex With Student In Classroom - Union County Prosecutor: Garcia-Calle Carried On With 16-Year-Old For A Year (Jan 25 2013)

Prosecutors said [Jennalin] Garcia-Calle was not only teaching algebra at Plainfield High School but also having sexual relations with a 16-year-old male student in a classroom. “It was after school, the door was locked, the window was blocked,” Union County Prosecutor Theodore Romankow said. “The fact that someone would be that brazen to do this is very troubling.” Investigators said Garcia-Calle became a fugitive from the law after fleeing New Jersey several days ago, when she was charged with sexual assault. However, detectives were able to track her down through her cell phone and text messages.​

 

MSNBC: N.J. Teacher Accused of Having Sex With Student Busted in Broward (Jan 25 2013)

A New Jersey teacher wanted on charges of engaging in sex acts with a 16-year-old student was arrested in South Florida, U.S. Marshals said Friday. Jennalin Garcia-Calle, 28, was arrested Thursday at the Recovery Institute of South Florida in Davie by U.S. Marshals and fugitive task force officers from the Fort Lauderdale and Davie Police departments, the agency said. According to the U.S. Marshals, Garcia-Calle, from Plainfield, engaged in sex acts with the student at the New Jersey high school ... She's also accused of performing indecent, immoral or unlawful acts in the presence of the teen, the U.S. Marshals said. The acts are alleged to have taken place between December and January.​

 

MSNBC: NJ Teacher Accused of Having Sex With Student (Jan 25 2013)

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Jennalin Garcia-Calle, a 28-year-old algebra teacher at Plainfield High School, was arrested Thursday in Davie, Fla., and charged with second-degree sexual assault and fourth-degree child abuse. According to prosecutors, Garcia-Calle began the relationship with the 16-year-old boy in December. Prosecutors allege that at least three sexual encounters occurred in a classroom inside the school ... Authorities became aware of the alleged relationship after the student told a family member what had happened. Students at the high school said the boy also bragged about the relationship to classmates. ​

NBC New York: NJ High School Teacher Accused of Having Sexual Relationship With Student (Jan 25 2013)

 

WSNV: New Jersey teacher arrested on alleged sex claims (Jan 25 2013)

U.S. Marshalls caught up with Jennalin Garcia-Calle. She is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old student while she taught in the Newark area. Authorities arrested the 28-year-old at the Recovery Institute of South Florida in Davie, where she told officials she was trying to get help.​

 

CBS Local Miami: Teacher Arrested For Having Sex With Student (Jan 25 2013)

A New Jersey teacher wanted for having sex with a student was captured at a rehab facility in Davie ... Prosecutors in New Jersey say Garcia-Calle had sex with a 16 year old male student several times on the campus of Plainfield High School, where she taught algebra.​

 

NJ 105: Plainfield Teacher Arrested For Relationship With Student (Jan 25 2013)

Jennalin M. Garcia-Calle was arrested in Davie, Florida by U.S. Marshals after an investigation into a “criminal sexual relationship” with an unidentified Plainfield High School student that began in December. The student told a family member about the relationship. “What made this particularly … unusual is that they actually had sex in school, in her classroom,” Union County Prosecutor’s Office and Plainfield Police Division Director Martin Hellwi told MyCentralJersey.com. He says the relationship is believed to have taken place during times when classes were in session. “Evidently they blocked the windows and locked the door, said Hellwi.​

 

My Central Jersey: Plainfield High teacher charged with having sex with student in classroom - Garcia-Calle awaiting likely extradition from Florida (Jan 25 2013)

When [Jennalin] Garcia-Calle discovered that school officials had learned of the matter, she traveled to Florida and entered a rehabilitation program, Romankow added, praising county Detective Patricia Gusmano for what he labeled “excellent, aggressive work” in the investigation. The website for the facility in which Garcia-Calle had been receiving treatment, the Recovery Institute of South Florida in Fort Lauderdale, describes it as a drug treatment center that also facilitates healing for sexual compulsivity, psychiatric issues, depression and other psychiatric issues.​

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Garcia-Calle also ran for a seat on the Carteret Board of Education last year, according to public records, but she finished last in voting within a field of six candidates vying for three open seats.​

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Star-Ledger: Plainfield High School teacher arrested on sexual assault charges (Jan 25 2013)

[Jennalin] Garcia-Calle had sex with the boy on three occasions, [Union County Prosecutor Theodore J.] Romankow said. “She locked the door and put up paper to cover the door and the windows,” he said. “A lot of this story is disturbing.” The student, who was not otherwise identified, told a family member about the encounters and the relative then notified authorities, according to an earlier press release from Romankow and city police Director Martin Hellwig. A detective from the prosecutor’s office traced her to the Recovery Institute of South Florida in Davie, Romankow said. “She made calls to him to destroy certain evidence. And we knew that she knew” authorities were looking for her, he said.​

 

Opposing Views: High School Teacher Jennalin Garcia-Caller Accused of Sex with Student in Classroom (Jan 25 2013)

Jennalin Garcia-Calle, a 28-year-old high school math teacher at Plainfield High School in Elizabeth, New Jersey, has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old student in her classroom during school hours. Garcia-Calle was arrested this week at the Recovery Institute of South Florida in Davie, Florida. She fled New Jersey to the drug and psychiatric treatment center when the relationship was discovered by authorities ...​

 

Gothamist: NJ Teacher Arrested In Florida For Alleged Sex With Underage Student (Jan 26 2013)

28-year-old Jennalin Garcia-Calle, who teaches algebra at Plainfield High School in NJ, is accused of starting a sexual relationship with her student in December, and prosecutors say at least three encounters occurred in her classroom. The student reportedly told a family member about the relationship, and they alerted the authorities. Friends say the student bragged to them about the relationship as well ... "She made calls to him to destroy certain evidence. And we knew that she knew” authorities were looking for her, [Union County Prosecutor Theodore] Romankow told the Star Ledger.​

 

MSN / Canada: NJ high school teacher accused of having sex with student (Jan 26 2013)

Jennalin Garcia-Calle, a 28-year-old algebra teacher at Plainfield High School, was arrested Thursday in Davie, Fla., and charged with second-degree sexual assault and fourth-degree child abuse. According to prosecutors, Garcia-Calle began the relationship with the 16-year-old boy in December. Prosecutors allege that at least three sexual encounters occurred in a classroom inside the school ... Prosecutors said Garcia-Calle realized her relationship with the boy had been discovered, prompting her to check into a rehabilitation center in Florida, as well as send the boy messages asking him to erase certain evidence. U.S. marshalls traced those messages and arrested Garcia-Calle.​

 

Daily Beast: NJ Teacher Allegedly Had Sex With Student (Jan 26 2013)

The algebra teacher, 28, reportedly began the relationship with her 16-year-old student in December. The two had multiple sexual encounters, all of which took place inside the school. The relationship was discovered after the student told a family member about it, although fellow students claim he also bragged about it at school.​

 

Global Post: New Jersey teacher arrested after allegedly having sex with student (Jan 26 2013)

A New Jersey high school teacher has been arrested after fleeing to Florida amid allegations she had sex with a 16-year-old student. Jennalin Garcia-Calle, 28, was taken into custody by police in Davie, Fla. on charges of second-degree sexual assault and fourth-degree child abuse, reports NBC News. New Jersey prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow said that Garcia-Calle “knew she was being investigated”. She reportedly fled to Florida to seek "help", reports the Sun-Sentinel newspaper. ​

 

New York Daily News: New Jersey teacher busted for having sex with 16-year-old student (Jan 27 2013)

A 28-year-old algebra teacher at a New Jersey high school has been arrested in Florida after police say she had sex with her 16-year-old student several times in her classroom and then bolted town ... Garcia-Calle allegedly had sex with a 16-year-old male student of hers at least three times inside classrooms at the school where she taught. The relationship began in December, according to authorities, who became aware of the situation after the student told family members and friends about what had happened.​

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“What made this particularly ... unusual is that they actually had sex in school, in her classroom,” added Romankow, who went on to explain that the alleged activity is thought to have occurred during times when classes were actually in session. “Evidently they blocked the windows and locked the door,” he said.​

KSEE 24: NJ Teacher Arrested In Florida After Being Accused Of Have Sex With Student (Jan 28 2013)

 

Examiner: New Jersey teacher arrested for having sex with 16-year-old student (Jan 27 2013)

Jennalin Garcia-Calle, 28, was arrested in Florida for allegedly having a romantic relationship with her 16-year-old student a few times in her classroom. This algebra teacher then fled New Jersey and traveled to Florida. And once she discovered others were aware of the crime she committed, Garcia-Calle checked herself into a “rehabilitation center that focuses on psychiatric and sexual impulsivity issues.” Garcia-Calle also allegedly asked the 16-year-old to delete incriminating text messages she had sent to him.​

 

WTSP: Jennelin Garcia-Calle arrested for having sex with student (Jan 28 2013)

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A New Jersey teacher wanted for having sex with a student was captured at a rehab facility in Davie. The U.S. Marshal's Service tells us they arrested Jennelin Garcia-Calle, 28, on Thursday night. She is charged with sexual assault. Prosecutors in New Jersey say Garcia-Calle had sex with a 16 year old male student several times on the campus of Plainfield High School, where she taught algebra ... Investigators say Garcia-Calle fled to South Florida earlier this week after an arrest warrant had been issued and detectives tracked her down through cellphone and text messages.​