Teaching Intern Accused of Sex With Teen
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A 30-year-old teaching intern was arrested and accused of having sex with a 16-year-old male student after police found the two parked behind a school with the windows of the car steamed up.
The intern's toddler was strapped into a car seat in the back when police discovered the two Saturday. :scared
Margaret De Barraicua and the student are believed to have been having "an ongoing consensual sexual relationship for several months," Sacramento police spokesman Sgt. Justin Risley said.
The teenager was in a language and arts class that De Barraicua has taught since September, when she started her paid internship at McClatchy High School.
De Barraicua, who is married, was placed on paid administrative leave Tuesday while the investigation is ongoing, said Maria Lopez, a spokeswoman for the Sacramento City Unified School District. The toddler was released to De Barraicua's husband.
De Barraicua did not return a telephone call to her home Wednesday.
She is one of several female teachers across the nation accused of having illegal sexual relationships with male students.
Earlier this month, a 27-year-old physical education teacher in Tennessee was charged with 28 felony counts for her alleged sexual relationship with a 13-year-old. The teacher, Pamela Turner, pleaded not guilty Wednesday.
In the most well-known case, Seattle teacher Mary Kay Letourneau was 34 and a married mother of four when she began a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old student.
Now 43, Letourneau served 7 1/2 years in prison after being convicted of rape stemming from her relationship with Vili Fualaau, now 22. The couple have two children together and recently decided to get married.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A 30-year-old teaching intern was arrested and accused of having sex with a 16-year-old male student after police found the two parked behind a school with the windows of the car steamed up.
The intern's toddler was strapped into a car seat in the back when police discovered the two Saturday. :scared
Margaret De Barraicua and the student are believed to have been having "an ongoing consensual sexual relationship for several months," Sacramento police spokesman Sgt. Justin Risley said.
The teenager was in a language and arts class that De Barraicua has taught since September, when she started her paid internship at McClatchy High School.
De Barraicua, who is married, was placed on paid administrative leave Tuesday while the investigation is ongoing, said Maria Lopez, a spokeswoman for the Sacramento City Unified School District. The toddler was released to De Barraicua's husband.
De Barraicua did not return a telephone call to her home Wednesday.
She is one of several female teachers across the nation accused of having illegal sexual relationships with male students.
Earlier this month, a 27-year-old physical education teacher in Tennessee was charged with 28 felony counts for her alleged sexual relationship with a 13-year-old. The teacher, Pamela Turner, pleaded not guilty Wednesday.
In the most well-known case, Seattle teacher Mary Kay Letourneau was 34 and a married mother of four when she began a sexual relationship with a 12-year-old student.
Now 43, Letourneau served 7 1/2 years in prison after being convicted of rape stemming from her relationship with Vili Fualaau, now 22. The couple have two children together and recently decided to get married.
