Debra LaFave, now Debra Jean Beasley, born Aug. 28 1980, former teacher at Angelo L. Greco Middle School [Hillsborough County Public Schools], Temple Terrace, Florida, "pleaded guilty in 2005 to Lewd or Lascivious Battery. The charges stemmed from a sexual encounter with a 14-year-old student in the summer of 2004" Wikipedia: Debra LaFave WTSP 10 (Tampa Bay): SLIDESHOW: Teacher Arrests Picture Debra LaFave 2 counts of lewd or lascivious battery 28 June 2004 3 counts of lewd or lascivious battery Picture 4 Dec 2007 4 counts of lewd or lascivious battery Picture Register for release notification Tampa-area (mostly former) educators with issues: Ethel Anderson, Seffner, Florida (arrested Feb 2012) Christy Ayala, Hillsborough, Florida (arrested Oct 2007) Christopher Bergman, Tampa, Florida (arrested Oct 2011) [assault] Christina Lin Butler, Tampa, Florida (arrested Oct 2007) Carlos Marcell Dixon, Dover, Florida (arrested Aug 2013) Sherika Dunbar, Tampa, Florida (arrested March 2012) [drugs] Jeffrey Halle, Jr., Tampa, Florida (arrested July 2012) Phillip G. Kornell, Tampa, Florida (arrested Mar 2013) [underage sex sting] Debra LaFave, Tampa, Florida (arrested Jun 2004) Joseph Gerald Mendolia, Plant City, Florida (arrested July 2013) James Jules Pepe, Valrico, Florida (arrested Sept 2012) [accused of hiring hit man] Chung Ramos, Riverview, Florida (resigned May 2012) John Sinibaldi, South Tampa, Florida (suspended Oct 2007) [excessive texting] Esraa Mohamed Soliman, Tampa, Florida (arrested Oct 2012) [child abuse] Roy W. Thomas, Hillsborough, Florida (arrested Nov 2011) [child porn] Lauren Shreeve Tilo, Hillsborough, Florida (arrested May 2010) David Valesano Jr., Lithia, Florida (arrested July 2013) [child porn] Tags:
CBS News: Debra LaFave, Fla. teacher convicted of sex with student, appeals to end sentence early (Dec 6 2012) Debra LaFave, a former Florida teacher who was convicted in 2005 of having sex with a student, made a request to the Florida Supreme Court on Thursday to be taken off probation ... An appellate court reversed a trial judge's decision in August 2012 to end LaFave's 10-year non-prison sentence four years early. LaFave appealed to the Supreme Court in October and Thursday she asked the justices to let her remain off probation until they rule.
WTSP: Debra LaFave files motion to stay reinstatement of her probation (Dec 6 2012) The teacher who made national headlines for having sex with a 14-year-old student is trying not to be put back on probation. Under a plea deal, Debra LaFave was originally ordered to three years of house arrest followed by seven years of probation. She pleaded guilty in 2005 to charges of having sex with a minor. Last year, a judge agreed to her request to end her probation four years early, but back in August, an appellate court had that probation reinstated.
WPTV: Debra Lafave probation reinstated: Hillsborough County judge puts former teacher back on probation(Jan 24 2013) Debra Lafave, the former Hillsborough County teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with a student, faced a local judge who placed her back on probation Thursday morning. In 2011, another Hillsborough judge released Lafave from probation over objections from prosecutors and the victim's family. His ruling was overturned in August by an appellate court, which ruled that the judge had abused his power. The Florida Supreme Court later turned down Lafave's request to end her probation.
Centro Tampa: Lafave back on probation; high court to consider appeal (Jan 24 2013) Debra Lafave, the former middle school teacher who had sex with a student, was put back on probation Thursday, ordered to serve four years and two months effective Dec. 19 ... As part of her plea, Lafave was sentenced to three years of house arrest and seven years of probation. She also agreed not to seek an early termination of her probation. However, her attorney requested an end to the probation three years after her release, asserting Lafave had met the requirements of her punishment. Hillsborough Circuit Judge Wayne S. Timmerman granted the request in September 2011. After the prosecution appealed, the 2nd District Court of Appeal reinstated the probation but said it was unsure it had the authority to do so. It asked the state Supreme Court to address the question of whether the prosecution had the right to ask for appellate review. Lafave's lawyer asked the high court to stay her probation until it decided whether to overturn the appellate court decision. The state Supreme Court declined the stay but said it would review the appeal.
Tampa Bay Times: Ex-teacher Debra Lafave back on probation (Jan 25 2013) But in 2011, a soon-to-retire judge offered leniency to Lafave, a new mother of twins. He released her from probation, despite protests from the victim's family and prosecutors. In August, an appellate court ruled that judge's decision had been an "abuse of judicial power resulting in a gross miscarriage of justice." It reinstated her probation Dec. 19. However, the 2nd District Court of Appeal said it wasn't sure it had the authority to do so. It asked the Florida Supreme Court to weigh in.
12 News Now: Debra Lafave, ex-teacher in sex case, ordered back on probation (Jan 25 2013) A trial judge released Lafave from the remainder of her probation obligation before she served her full sentence of three years house arrest and seven years probation. Thursday, responding to an appellate court ruling, Circuit Judge Lisa Campbell in Hillsborough County, Fla., reinstated LaFave's probation, ordering the mother of twins to serve another four years and two months probation effective Dec. 19, 2012, to observe a curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., and to stay away from schools, according to AP and ABC News affiliate WFTS in Tampa, Fla. ... Even with today's ruling, though, the matter may not be settled. "The Supreme Court of Florida has accepted jurisdiction of the case," said Lafave's attorney, John Fitzgibbons, according to WFTS, "We're hopeful we will receive a favorable ruling in the next six months to a year from the Supreme Court, and that should finally conclude things one way or another in this case."
Gant Daily: Florida teacher in sex case back on probation (Jan 25 2013) According to reports, Debra Lafave received a ten-year suspended sentence in 2005 for inappropriate sexual contacts with a student at Angelo L. Greco Middle School. The sentence was frozen by a retiring judge to allow her to care for her newborn twin sons and her cancer-stricken mother in 2011, but Circuit Judge Lisa Campbell put her back Thursday under Federal supervision to serve another four years and two months. WTFS added that Lafave was also ordered to observe a curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., and to stay away from schools.
Opposing Views: Teacher Debra Lafave, Guilty of Sex with 14-Year-Old, Back on Probation (Jan 25 2013) Former teacher Debra Lafave, 32, who was convicted of having sex with a 14-year-old student is back on probation after protests from the victim's family. Lafave was given a ten-year suspended sentence in 2005 after she admitted having sex with a student at Angelo L. Greco Middle School in Florida. A judge froze her punishment, however, after she had given birth to twins and her mother was diagnosed with cancer in 2011. ...A lead detective in her case, John Gillespie, was arrested before her trial in an unrelated prostitution sting, and later, nude photos of Lafave were discovered taken by police officers while she was in stirrups in a jail cell. Lafave went on national television years after her sentencing and explained her actions. She said that it happened because she had bipolar disorder, hyper-sexuality and poor judgment during manic episodes.
Parole ended early for Florida teacher who had affair with 14-year-old student The notorious Florida teacher who had a torrid affair with a 14-year-old student has been released from parole. Debra Lafave pleaded guilty in 2005 to sexual encounters with one of her middle school students during summer break in 2004. She since sued the state to have her parole ended. She previously had her parole ended early in 2011, a motion which was in direct violation of her non-prison plea deal. The parole was reinstated in 2012 when an appeals court overturned the 2011 decision, but Lafave again filed another court order to be released from court supervision. Florida State Supreme court granted that wish in a Thursday ruling. "We find that although the district court's order terminating Lafave's probation may be classified as a "rare, post-sentencing order, it is a final order nonetheless," wrote Judge Justice Quince. Continue reading... http://www.aol.com/article/2014/10/...had-affair-with-14-year-old-student/20979413/
Court rules Lafave can end probation early It may not be as early as she hoped, but notorious former teacher Debra Lafave may soon end her probation for having sex with a 14-year-old student. The state Supreme Court Thursday ruled in favor of the ex-teacher in her bid to cut her sentence short. The high court’s decision on a dry, technical point caps a years-long tabloid-worthy saga that gained national attention and even inspired a satirical novel. The issue that turned out to be the key to Lafave’s return to unsupervised life centered on whether or not the prosecution had a right to appeal a judge’s ruling ending her probation early. The Florida Supreme Court’s answer: No. The Supreme Court’s 19-page interpretation of arcane legal points was a far cry from the days when defense lawyer John Fitzgibbons sent the media into a tizzy by saying of his client shouldn’t go to prison: “To place Debbie into a Florida state women’s penitentiary, to place an attractive young woman in that kind of hellhole, is like putting a piece of raw meat in with the lions.” That provoked headline writers to declare Fitzgibbons had claimed Lafave was too pretty for prison. Continue reading... http://tbo.com/news/crime/court-denies-appeal-rules-lafave-can-end-probation-early-20141016/
Debra Lafave Florida Florida teacher Debra Lafave was charged with two felonies after having both sexual intercourse and oral sex with a 14-year-old student. However, Lafave didn’t serve any jail time because the child’s mother didn’t want to put her son through the ... Continue reading... http://datingcomplaints.com/debra-lafave-florida/
Female teachers having sex with students: Double standards, lack of awareness It was that same obsession that made the 2004 case of Florida newlywed and middle school teacher Debra LaFave, 23, a media blockbuster. One year after her marriage, she was arrested for “lewd alliances” with a 14-year-old pupil. Ditto for the former ... Continue reading... http://live.att.net/news/read/category/news/article/fox_news-female_teachers_having_sex_with_students_double_st-rfoxnews
Ex-Teacher Debra LaFafave 'Has Become a Christian and She's a Great Mom' Years After Student Sex Scandal: Friend Lafave became nationally-known in 2004 when she was arrested for having a sexual relationship with a student at the Tampa-area school where she taught. She was 24; he was 14. The story became international news — partly because female teacher sex ... Continue reading... https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/ex-teacher-debra-lafafave-has-become-a-christian-and-shes-a-great-mom-years-after-student-sex-scandal-friend/ar-BBEPhZg
Sex Abuse and Mental Illness: Book Explores Life of Disgraced Teacher Debra LaFave In 2004, Debra Lafave became nationally-known after she was arrested for having a sexual relationship with a student at the Tampa-area school where she taught. She was 24; he was 14. The boy told police officers in Temple Terrace, Florida, that he had sex with Lafave three times in four days, according to court documents. One of those times was allegedly in a car while his 15-year-old cousin drove them around. He also said she performed a sex act on him multiple times, including during one encounter at her home. The story became international news — partly because female teacher ... Continue reading... http://people.com/crime/debra-lafave-book-florida-teacher/
Debra Lafave Is 'Triggered' by Coverage of Other Sexually Abusive Teachers: Source In the summer of 2004, Florida teacher Debra Lafave began to have a sexual relationship with one of her students. She was 24; he was 14. By the time she was arrested, the story had become international news — partly because publicized female teacher sex scandals were relatively rare at the time, and partly because Lafave was a tall, statuesque blonde. The details were lurid: The boy told police officers in Temple Terrace, Florida, that he had sex with Lafave three times in four days, according to court documents. One of those times was allegedly in a car while his ... Continue reading... https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebr...r-sexually-abusive-teachers-source/ar-BBWtxqM
