Posted on 06/28/2010 2:47:15 PM PDT by inflorida
A Florida teacher convicted of having sex with two of her students, was called a sexual predator today by a judge who sentenced her to 10 years in prison.
Stephanie Ragusa, wearing an orange jumpsuit, cried at one point during her sentencing hearing, but nodded her head in approval as Circuit Judge Chet Tharpe also imposed five years of sexual offender probation on the 31-year-old defendant.
"You were a teacher," Tharpe said. "And as parents, we place our trust in teachers to provide a safe environment in which our children can learn. You violated that trust in the worst imaginable way. You preyed on these young boys..."
The judge described Ragusa's demeanor during her court appearances as arrogant. "You had a very lackadaisical attitude on your face, smiling, jovial," Tharpe said. "If I had to sum up your attitude in one word, it would be arrogance. I don't know as we stand here today that you truly appreciate the harm that you caused. I honestly believe, Ms. Ragusa, that you are a sexual predator. And I honestly believe that you are a danger to children in our community."
Ragusa, a former math teacher at Davidsen Middle School in Tampa, Fla., pleaded guilty in April to three counts of lewd and lascivious battery involving a 14-year-old boy, and two counts of having unlawful sex with a minor involving a 16-year-old student. The assaults occurred in 2008.
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Looks like a rat face. Ten years? She’ll be banging the guards.
Cornrows, get a rope.
Psychological as well.
I hope she becomes some big fat butch con’s favorite Wife in prison.
Only the 'chief'.
It's why he wanted out so bad.
I had forgotten that. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I was wow’d by that movie when it came out.
I wonder if the cornrows were a sympathy play for the judge - that obviously didn’t work. If she’s a manipulator (self-evident) this would make some sort of sense from a jailhouse lawyer point of view.
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