FRANKFORD — A former student teacher at a Sussex County elementary school is charged in a six-count indictment with having at least two sexual encounters with one of her students, the Sussex County prosecutor’s office said. Lindsay Massaro, 24, was indicted on charges of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault, third-degree aggravated sexual assault, two counts of third-degree...
Lindsay MassaroFRANKFORD — A former student teacher at a Sussex County elementary school is charged in a six-count indictment with having at least two sexual encounters with one of her students, the Sussex County prosecutor’s office said.
Lindsay Massaro, 24, was indicted on charges of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, second-degree sexual assault, third-degree aggravated sexual assault, two counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child and four-degree criminal sexual contract. A first-degree crime is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
Massaro, a former eighth-grade student teacher at Frankford Elementary School, was arrested March 30, 2009, and accused of having a sexual relationship with a male student, according to her arrest affidavit. The boy was at least 13 and younger than 16.
Massaro is accused of having sex with the boy in her car in Branchville and in the bedroom of her home in Frankford in the days prior to her arrest. The affidavit states Massaro admitted having a consensual sexual relationship with the boy.
The case was brought to the attention of law enforcement by the boy’s father, who told State Police his son was having an "ongoing sexual relationship" with Massaro. She met and befriended the boy while she was a student teacher at the school, according to the affidavit.
Massaro is scheduled to be arraigned in Newton before Superior Court Judge N. Peter Conforti within six weeks. She was indicted last Thursday.
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