Thursday, January 24, 2008

Texas substitute teacher gets probation for sex assault on student

A former substitute teacher pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old Bullard, Texas, High School student.

Jennifer Elizabeth Bagley, 36, was convicted of having an improper relationship between educator and student by a Smith County jury and was sentenced last August to 10 years probation.

Ms. Bagley pleaded guilty Thursday to sexual assault of a child, involving the same victim, and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

The defendant entered into a plea agreement with prosecutors and will serve the sentences at the same time. She has been serving a six-month jail sentence as part of her earlier probation, and is scheduled to be released on Feb. 24. She will have to register as a sex offender.

The victim, now 19, testified in August that she was a 16-year-old junior at Bullard High School in 2004 when she and her substitute, Ms. Bagley, began a sexual affair that lasted for more than a year. She said she and Ms. Bagley had sex 15-20 times, and the teacher also gave her marijuana, alcohol and other drugs.

A male student at Bullard High School, during the same time, said Ms. Bagley supplied him with Xanax, Vicodin and other pain pills.

Prosecutors said she also supplied the students with cocaine. (1/24/2008)(Tyler Morning Telegraph)

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