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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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KEYWORDS: arth; governmentschools; publicschools; southcarolina
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1 posted on 12/15/2013 12:58:06 PM PST by Gamecock
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2 posted on 12/15/2013 12:58:42 PM PST by Gamecock (There are not just two ways to respond to God but three: irreligion, religion, and the gospel. (TK))
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To: Gamecock

Can I be jury foreman here and say; “GUILTY”.


3 posted on 12/15/2013 1:00:53 PM PST by rsobin
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To: rsobin

I think after a couple of beers, she would be cute enough.


4 posted on 12/15/2013 1:02:28 PM PST by KAESNO2
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To: rsobin

Same vote for me. She was a near innocent, I have no taste. Merry Christmas!


5 posted on 12/15/2013 1:05:03 PM PST by Foundahardheadedwoman (God don't have a statute of limitations)
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To: KAESNO2
There is no beer that strong.
6 posted on 12/15/2013 1:06:03 PM PST by builder (I don't want a piece of someone else's pie)
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To: upchuck

Lot going on in SC this weekend.


7 posted on 12/15/2013 1:09:26 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Gamecock

Guilty, your honor.


8 posted on 12/15/2013 1:18:16 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: KAESNO2

I agree. A mug shot does not a proper representation make.


9 posted on 12/15/2013 1:18:44 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority...")
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To: Gamecock

GUILTY
Geez only 23 and she looks at least 33.


10 posted on 12/15/2013 1:19:26 PM PST by KirbDog
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To: Gamecock

these people need to be kept away from kids.... and I mean government employees


11 posted on 12/15/2013 1:23:20 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Gamecock

Oofffhhh. Guilty.


12 posted on 12/15/2013 1:40:29 PM PST by MattinNJ (It's over Johnny. The America you knew is gone. Denial serves no purpose.)
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To: Gamecock


13 posted on 12/15/2013 1:41:32 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: Gamecock

Guilty.


14 posted on 12/15/2013 1:45:31 PM PST by servantboy777
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To: Gamecock

Guilty.


15 posted on 12/15/2013 1:46:11 PM PST by servantboy777
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To: Chode

Life, no parole

LOL


16 posted on 12/15/2013 1:46:30 PM PST by nascarnation (Wish everyone see a "Gay Kwanzaa")
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To: KAESNO2
I think after a couple of beers kegs, she would be cute enough.

Fixed.

17 posted on 12/15/2013 1:47:41 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Gamecock

Okay, so this woman is okay, but the “Teen Mom” subject is a whore. Am I correctly processing the male mentation?


18 posted on 12/15/2013 1:49:02 PM PST by Tax-chick (New computer, unnngh. I just wanted the old one to keep working!)
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To: KirbDog

Maybe she looks older due to that Dippity Do hair from the 80s. A teacher needs a prim and respectable look, don’tcha know.


19 posted on 12/15/2013 1:50:49 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Tax-chick

IMHO no amount of good looks overcomes being a gutterslut.


20 posted on 12/15/2013 1:53:52 PM PST by Gamecock (There are not just two ways to respond to God but three: irreligion, religion, and the gospel. (TK))
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