Posted on 06/28/2010 2:47:15 PM PDT by inflorida
A Florida teacher convicted of having sex with two of her students, was called a sexual predator today by a judge who sentenced her to 10 years in prison.
Stephanie Ragusa, wearing an orange jumpsuit, cried at one point during her sentencing hearing, but nodded her head in approval as Circuit Judge Chet Tharpe also imposed five years of sexual offender probation on the 31-year-old defendant.
"You were a teacher," Tharpe said. "And as parents, we place our trust in teachers to provide a safe environment in which our children can learn. You violated that trust in the worst imaginable way. You preyed on these young boys..."
The judge described Ragusa's demeanor during her court appearances as arrogant. "You had a very lackadaisical attitude on your face, smiling, jovial," Tharpe said. "If I had to sum up your attitude in one word, it would be arrogance. I don't know as we stand here today that you truly appreciate the harm that you caused. I honestly believe, Ms. Ragusa, that you are a sexual predator. And I honestly believe that you are a danger to children in our community."
Ragusa, a former math teacher at Davidsen Middle School in Tampa, Fla., pleaded guilty in April to three counts of lewd and lascivious battery involving a 14-year-old boy, and two counts of having unlawful sex with a minor involving a 16-year-old student. The assaults occurred in 2008.
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Points deduction for corn rows. Looks like she’s all set to go lesbo for prison.
I simply don’t even understand the temptation.
With a little makeup, Not Guilty.
Taking the ‘cougar’ thing a bit too far.
Unfortunately far too many or these “teacher predators” are getting away with buggering our kids.
Good to see a female get some time, far too often it is only the male teachers doing real time.
Sociopath.
Interesting to see a woman get serious time for the offense!
What if it were a male teacher and 16 year old girl.
“three counts of lewd and lascivious battery involving a 14-year-old boy”
smug beotch
looks like she found her ‘roots’ in prison.
Laz, is that you?
The sentence was imposed after the mother of one of the victims, a 14-year-old boy, told the court that she believes the former Davidsen Middle School teacher "maliciously" preyed on her son's emotional disabilities.
"She had access to their charts as far as their emotional behaviors," the mother said. "That takes time for you to know and to actually plan it out. I feel that she was very conniving in picking these boys out and preying on them. She used that to manipulate them and seduce them."
Like it or not, there’s a biological difference between men and women.
I do like it. However, the law is the law. If this woman were you daughter, would you be proud of what she did?
She looks incredibly arrogant, like this was no big deal. I am glad to see the judge handing down a sentence like this.
Guilty.
Fourteen year old boy? I guess she has a pimple fetish.
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