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Sheriff's Office report: Island teacher admitted inappropriate behavior with student
The State ^ | 14 December 2013 | Rebecca Lurye

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.


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To: Gamecock

But a predatory teacher is copacetic if you like her looks? I feel as I’m failing to connect the dots somewhere ...


21 posted on 12/15/2013 1:54:41 PM PST by Tax-chick (New computer, unnngh. I just wanted the old one to keep working!)
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To: Tax-chick

It’s a FR joke.
In poor taste and frat boy like, but a joke nonetheless.
I confess to helping propagate it via my introduction of the BJ Clinton post-POTUS pardon.


22 posted on 12/15/2013 1:56:19 PM PST by nascarnation (Wish everyone see a "Gay Kwanzaa")
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To: Gamecock

Extra nuclear Guilty!


23 posted on 12/15/2013 2:02:34 PM PST by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: nascarnation

I understand it’s a joke. It’s only the contradiction I’m pointing out, you see, that some women who screw around are “sluts” while others aren’t.


24 posted on 12/15/2013 2:18:33 PM PST by Tax-chick (New computer, unnngh. I just wanted the old one to keep working!)
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To: Tax-chick

Agree there’s no defending this on a logical basis.

However it’s like the Kardashian threads, we’re feeling so distraught by the progressive onslaught we need some comedic diversions.


25 posted on 12/15/2013 2:20:37 PM PST by nascarnation (Wish everyone see a "Gay Kwanzaa")
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To: Slings and Arrows; 2A Patriot; 2nd amendment mama; 4everontheRight; 77Jimmy; ...
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26 posted on 12/15/2013 2:29:52 PM PST by upchuck (I can't stand people that don't know the difference between 'than' and 'then.' Their so stupid...)
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To: nascarnation

OH, that’s true! I confess to an unhealthy interest in the antics of the Kardashians.


27 posted on 12/15/2013 2:33:30 PM PST by Tax-chick (New computer, unnngh. I just wanted the old one to keep working!)
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To: Tax-chick

I’m sure you’re concerned over Lamar and Khloe’s breakup.

She needs to find a guy with more stability, like a rapper.


28 posted on 12/15/2013 2:36:36 PM PST by nascarnation (Wish everyone see a "Gay Kwanzaa")
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To: nascarnation

LOL! Yes, I’m sure that would work out much better. *snert*

I think Kourtney is the cutest. I don’t remember who her baby-daddy is, though.


29 posted on 12/15/2013 2:40:21 PM PST by Tax-chick (New computer, unnngh. I just wanted the old one to keep working!)
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To: lee martell

She could use a little help.. Do something with that hair..

A little rouge, a touch of lipstick, and a bow in her hair.. Thats it, a bow should help.. Oh and a cow bell, a cow bell is always good..


30 posted on 12/15/2013 2:54:51 PM PST by carlo3b (“Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad,” Henry Kissinger)
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To: carlo3b
A little rouge, a touch of lipstick, and a bow in her hair

Too much lipstick an' er too much rouge,
Gets me excited, leaves me feeling confused.
An' I like my women just a little on the trashy side.

31 posted on 12/15/2013 2:57:53 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Gamecock

The woman is barely a woman herself. 23 is too young to be teaching in high school. Too easy for teachers to see eye to eye with students. Obviously Marijuana is easier for students to get than for older people. That is not good.
This kid sounds to me like he is more mature than she is, and a pimp for squealing on her.

Hey Dad you caught me smoking weed, let me pimp on this teacher I have the hots for.

No I don’t approve of this, but that kid has not been harmed by her half as bad as she harmed herself. This kid has been around if he has the balls to ask her for a head job.


32 posted on 12/15/2013 3:00:15 PM PST by Venturer (Half Staff the Flag of the US for Terrorists.)
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To: Gamecock

Not guilty.


33 posted on 12/15/2013 3:01:08 PM PST by ravenwolf
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To: Venturer

Hey Dad you caught me smoking weed, let me pimp on this teacher I have the hots for.


That is most likely just the way it is, a teacher of any age has no control over a 16 year old boy unless he allows it or promotes it.


34 posted on 12/15/2013 3:08:18 PM PST by ravenwolf
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To: carlo3b
“More cowbell ! “
35 posted on 12/15/2013 3:32:31 PM PST by builder (I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)
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To: builder

36 posted on 12/15/2013 3:38:47 PM PST by rlmorel ("A nation, despicable by its weakness, forfeits even the privilege of being neutral." A. Hamilton)
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To: builder; dfwgator

Sinful souls, but I can’t say I’m surprised.. :)


37 posted on 12/15/2013 3:51:15 PM PST by carlo3b (“Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad,” Henry Kissinger)
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To: Tax-chick
you have to understand where it comes from, NOT GUILTY springs from a double standard verdict of a female teacher/teen predator, pictured below, that was found not guilty because she was Too PRETTY for jail... it has since become an internets meme / joke


38 posted on 12/15/2013 4:58:07 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: nascarnation
pretty much...
39 posted on 12/15/2013 5:00:17 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: builder

There is no beer that strong

A good paper bag will do.


40 posted on 12/15/2013 6:29:38 PM PST by bikerman (Obama! if his lips are moving he's lying.)
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