Guilty! Gabriela Cortez, Los Angeles, California (arrested Feb 2012)

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    Name: Gabriela Cortez, Montebello, California

    Age: 42

    School: Roosevelt High School [Los Angeles Unified School District], Los Angeles, California

    Position: Spanish teacher

    Victims: Two boys, 16-17 at time of crimes

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    L.A. Times (23 Feb 2012): Roosevelt High teacher arrested for alleged sex with two students

    L.A. Times (23 Feb 2012): Teacher accused of having sex with students was removed last week

    L.A. Weekly (23 Feb 2012): Gabriela Cortez, Teacher at Mayor's Roosevelt High, Allegedly Had Sex With 2 Students

    L.A. Daily News (23 Feb 2012): Female Roosevelt High teacher arrested on sex charge; LAUSD to refile misconduct cases from last 3 years

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    KABC (23 Feb 2012): LAUSD teacher accused of sexual relationships w/ 2 students

    CBS Local Los Angeles (23 Feb 2012): Female LAUSD Teacher Arrested On Suspicion Of Having Sex With 2 Students

    CBS News (23 Feb 2012): LA Spanish teacher arrested, accused of sex with two teenage students

    NBC Los Angeles (23 Feb 2012): Roosevelt High Teacher Accused of Sexual Relationship With Students

    Fox News (23 Feb 2012): Spanish Teacher Arrested in School Sex Scandal

     
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    Orange County Register (23 Feb 2012): L.A. teacher arrested after students said they had sex with her

    Contra Costa Times (23 Feb 2012): Female Roosevelt High teacher arrested on sex charge; LAUSD to refile misconduct cases from last 3 years

    Whittier Daily News (23 Feb 2012): UPDATE: Roosevelt High School teacher from Montebello accused of sexual relationships with students

    Huffington Post (23 Feb 2012): Gabriela Cortez, Teacher At Roosevelt High School, Arrested For Sexual Relationships With Students

    KPCC (23 Feb 2012): 3 more arrests: Teachers, coaches suspected of sex and lewd acts with students

     
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    Pasadena Star News: East L.A. high school teacher from Montebello accused of sexual relationships with two students (Feb 23 2012)

    School officials learned of the first student's allegation from his family on the evening of Feb. 14, said Patrick Sinclair, spokesman for the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools - a coalition of 22 LAUSD schools and the city of Los Angeles designed to turn around low-performing campuses. Roosevelt High is part of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools. Officials were prepared to place [Gabriela] Cortez on administrative leave the following day, "but she called in sick," Sinclair said. When Cortez returned to work Feb.16, she was immediately placed on administrative leave, "pending the investigation," he added.
     
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    Daily Breeze: LAUSD sex-abuse allegations rise (Feb 23 2012)

    Sex-abuse allegations involving Los Angeles Unified employees continue to climb, with the announcement Thursday that a female Spanish teacher from Roosevelt High School has been arrested on suspicion of having sex with two male students. Police said Gabriela Cortez, 42, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor ... The arrests were announced as Los Angeles Unified officials began combing through three years' of emails and educators' personnel files for allegations of misconduct.
     
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    LAist: LAUSD Teacher Arrested for Bringing Students Home to Have Sex With Her (Feb 23 2012)

    Gabriela Cortez, 42, was arrested Wednesday and booked on suspicion of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor ... One of her alleged victims, who is now an adult, came forward on February 15 to get things "off his chest." The first victim said that the teacher and he had sex from 2008 to 2010, according to the Associated Press. His story led Montebello police to a second victim, who is also an adult now. Police suspect there could be more victims.
     
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    ATVN: LAUSD Teacher Free on Bail (Feb 23 2012)

    A Theodore High School teacher was released on bail Thursday after being arrested on suspicion of having sex with two former students. Gabriela Cortez, 42, was arrested and booked Wednesday for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, according to Montebello police. She was released on $140,000 bail.
     
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    Hispanically Speaking News: LATINO BLOTTER: Another Los Angeles Teacher Accused of Sexual Miscoduct With Students (Feb 24 2012)

    Wednesday night, Gabriella Cortez, 42, was arrested on suspicion of two felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. The case against her adds to the growing list of allegations of sexual misconduct between teachers and students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Cortez’s arrests makes the seventh in the last month alone.
     
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    Google News Alerts (Feb 23 2012):

    LA teacher accused of having sex with male students
    USA TODAY
    Montebello Police Department via AP Los Angeles Unified high school teacher Gabriela Cortez, 42, of Montebello, Calif., was released on $140000 bail and placed on administrative leave from her job. Montebello Police Department via AP Los Angeles ...

    LA teacher arrested for alleged sex with student
    Fox News
    MONTEBELLO, Calif. – A female Los Angeles Unified high school teacher has been arrested after two male students said they had sex with her. KTTV-TV reports Thursday that 42-year-old Gabriela Cortez of Montebello was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of ...

    Teacher Accused of Sexual Relationship With Students
    NBC Los Angeles
    Police identified the suspect as Gabriela Cortez, 42. She has been a teacher there for 18 years. “She befriended them,” said Montebello police Lt. Luis Lopez. “At some point some relationship ensued. They ended up at her house.” Neighbor Bob Tuger said ...
     
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    Google News Alerts (Feb 25 2012):

    LA teacher arrested for alleged sex with students
    Boston.com
    A female high school Spanish teacher in Los Angeles was arrested after two male students said they had sex with her, police said Thursday. Gabriela Cortez, 42, of Montebello, was arrested late Wednesday on suspicion of two felony counts of unlawful ...

    Teacher accused of relationship with teens
    UPI.com
    LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- A high school teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District allegedly had a sexual relationship with two boys for two years, police said. Police said Gabriela Cortez, a teacher of Spanish, was booked Thursday on ...

    Roosevelt High teacher accused of having sex with 2 students
    Los Angeles Wave Newspapers
    ... in a string of sex-abuse cases that have bedeviled the Los Angeles Unified School District. Gabriela Cortez, 42, was arrested Wednesday and booked on suspicion of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, said Montebello police Lt. Luis Lopez.

    6 LA school workers arrested in sex cases in recent weeks
    Los Angeles Times
    Gabriela Cortez, 42, was booked on suspicion of unlawful sexual intercourse. Montebello police alleged that she had lengthy sexual relationships with the boys between 2008 and 2010. One of the teenagers, now 18, reported the teacher last week to police ...

    Teacher had sexual relationship with boys for 2 years, police say
    Los Angeles Times
    Gabriela Cortez, a 42-year-old Spanish teacher at the Boyle Heights campus, was booked Thursday on suspicion of unlawful sexual intercourse. Police in Montebello, where Cortez lives, allege that she had lengthy sexual relationships with the boys ...
     
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    Google News Alerts (March 22 2012):

    LA teacher to face charges in sex case
    Los Angeles Times
    Gabriela Cortez, of Montebello, was taken into custody last month by Montebello police after they interviewed two teenage male students with whom she allegedly had sexual relationships in recent years. Cortez faces six felony counts of unlawful sexual ...

    LA teacher charged with having sex with students
    San Francisco Chronicle
    (03-22) 11:57 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- Los Angeles County prosecutors have charged a high school Spanish teacher with six felonies alleging sexual relationships with two students. Police arrested 42-year-old Gabriela Cortez last month after an ...

    LA teacher pleads not guilty to sex with students
    San Francisco Chronicle
    (03-22) 14:58 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) -- A Southern California high school teacher has pleaded not guilty to charges she had sex with two students. City News Service says 42-year-old Gabriela Cortez entered pleas Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court ...

    Roosevelt High School teacher faces sex crime charges involving students
    Los Angeles Wave Newspapers
    Gabriela Cortez, 42, of Montebello, pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles Superior Court to six felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse. The alleged offenses occurred between September 2009 and November 2010, primarily in Cortez's home, when the boys ...

    Gabriela Cortez, Alleged Student-Sexing Spanish Teacher, Pleads Not Guilty
    LA Weekly (blog)
    Gabriela Cortez, the 42-year-old Spanish teacher charged with six felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse, was arraigned in a downtown Los Angeles courthouse this morning. She plead not guilty to all charges. Cortez was allegedly lookin' for love ...

    Montebello high school teacher charged with sex crimes
    San Gabriel Valley Tribune
    EAST LOS ANGELES - A female Montebello high school Spanish teacher accused of having sex with two underage boys while they were students pleaded not guilty Thursday, authorities said. Gabriela Cortez, 42, of Montebello is charged with six counts of ...

    Ex-Roosevelt High School Teacher Charged With Sex Crimes
    NBC Los Angeles
    Gabriela Cortez, 42, was scheduled for arraignment later Thursday in the case, which authorities said involved two boys who were ages 16 and 17 at the time of the alleged offenses. The alleged sex acts occurred between September 2009 and November 2010, ...

    Female high school teacher charged with sex crimes
    Daily Breeze
    EAST LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors filed six felony charges Thursday against a female Montebello high school Spanish teacher accused of having sex with two underage boys while they were students, authorities said. Gabriela Cortez, 42, of Montebello was ...
     
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    Google News Alerts (Nov 20 2012):

    East Los Angeles teacher pleads guilty to having sex with high ...
    89.3 KPCC
    ... on Feb.23,2012 by the Montebello Police Department showing a Los Angeles Unified high school teacher Gabriela Cortez, 42, of Montebello, Calif. who was ...

    Teacher pleads guilty to felony teen sex charges
    Signal
    By AP LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California high school teacher has pleaded ... The Pasadena Star-News says 43-year-old Gabriela Cortez entered pleas on ...
    Teacher pleads guilty to felony teen sex charges
    KTVN
    LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Southern California high school teacher has pleaded guilty ... (http://bit.ly/Qsq4Ta) says 43-year-old Gabriela Cortez entered pleas on ...
     
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    Google News Alert (Nov 21 2012):

    Teacher Pleads Guilty to Having Sex With Two Students
    NBC Southern California
    Gabriela Cortez was booked on suspicion of having sex with two students. ... but police say the suspected abuse happened in Montebello where she lives.
     
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    Press Telegram: Female high school teacher gets 5 years probation for sex with students (Jan 7 2013)

    A high school teacher who had sex with two of her male students was sentenced today to five years probation and barred from teaching. Gabriela Cortez, 43 -- a Spanish teacher at Roosevelt High School in Boyle Heights -- pleaded guilty Nov. 19 to six felony counts of unlawful sexual intercourse ... The conditions of probation bar Cortez from working in any teaching, coaching or mentoring position and from being in the presence of minors -- other than her own daughter -- without other adults present. She is also required to undergo counseling, which the judge said had already begun.