Posted on 12/15/2013 12:58:06 PM PST by Gamecock
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC — A Hilton Head Island High School substitute teacher admitted she sent an inappropriate picture to a student, kissed him and asked him to buy marijuana for her, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff's Office report released Saturday.
Margaret Ann LaMantia, 23, was charged Tuesday with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and disseminating harmful material to a minor, according to the jail log.
During an investigation of the incident, LaMantia, a long-term Spanish substitute at the school, told deputies she and a 16-year-old male student in her class began talking around Nov. 25. They continued communicating through social media over Thanksgiving break, according to the report on the incident.
She admitted to using the SnapChat phone application to send him a risque picture because the student "was persistent and kept asking for it," the report said. She told deputies she was unsure if she sent him other "inappropriate" pictures.
The app allows photos to be viewed for a few seconds before they are deleted. However, the student reportedly saved several pictures from LaMantia using the application SnapCapture, which does not alert the sender their images are being saved.
After Thanksgiving, the two began talking in LaMantia's classroom after school, sometimes about marijuana and sex, the report said.
She allegedly offered to tutor him, the student told the Sheriff's Office.
LaMantia told deputies she may have "alluded" that something could happen between them.
On Dec. 6, LaMantia allegedly asked the student to buy her marijuana for a friend who was going away, the report said.
About 6:30 p.m., she picked him up from his job and the two drove to Folly Field Beach to talk, the student told deputies. There, the two kissed for a few seconds and the student briefly touched LaMantia over her clothes, she told deputies. The student said he asked for oral sex, which she refused, the report said.
LaMantia told him they were not "going to do this," and dropped the student off at his parent's house about 9 p.m., according to the report.
The student, however, told officers she invited him to a party in Georgia, stating, "If you go to the party with me, we can spend some time alone."
On Tuesday, the student's father learned his son had been fired from his job because his employer smelled marijuana, the report said. The 16 year old then informed his dad of the Dec. 6 incident, prompting the man to file a report with the school resource officer.
LaMantia, who is no longer an employee of the Beaufort County School District, remained in the Beaufort County Detention Center on Saturday,with bail set at a total of $25,000.
The district completed its own investigation of the incident, but reached Thursday, spokesman Jim Foster would not provide details.
The Sheriff's Office initially declined to release the full report, citing its ongoing investigation.
Can I be jury foreman here and say; “GUILTY”.
I think after a couple of beers, she would be cute enough.
Same vote for me. She was a near innocent, I have no taste. Merry Christmas!
Lot going on in SC this weekend.
Guilty, your honor.
I agree. A mug shot does not a proper representation make.
GUILTY
Geez only 23 and she looks at least 33.
these people need to be kept away from kids.... and I mean government employees
Oofffhhh. Guilty.
Guilty.
Guilty.
Life, no parole
LOL
Fixed.
Okay, so this woman is okay, but the “Teen Mom” subject is a whore. Am I correctly processing the male mentation?
Maybe she looks older due to that Dippity Do hair from the 80s. A teacher needs a prim and respectable look, don’tcha know.
IMHO no amount of good looks overcomes being a gutterslut.
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