A former Texas center college teacher, Marka Bodine, has been sentenced to 60 days in jail since confessing to sexually abusing a former pupil over three years, People reviews.
The 32-year-old is heading to jail for 2 months after pleading responsible to steady sexual abuse of a kid below 14. The abuse began when the teenager was 13.
Bodine can even serve 10 years on probation, register as a intercourse offender, and attend remedy.
Authorities arrested Bodine in April 2021 after complaining that the coed was harassing her.
She advised the principal that the coed had gained entry to her images and manipulated them. The previous trainer additionally acknowledged the coed was liable to harming himself.
The scholar advised authorities that the 2 met by way of an internet recreation when she befriended him. Shortly after, the educator despatched specific images to the scholars–and began having intercourse in 2018 after he turned 13.
The 2 had intercourse in her classroom and in her automobile.
In Might, the authorities arrested Bodine for her crimes.
Bodine is predicted to report back to jail in June 2023 as a result of she simply gave start. The scholar shouldn’t be the daddy.
The Harris County prosecutor expressed disappointment within the decide’s resolution. Harris County Prosecutor Janna Oswald requested 20-40 years in jail.
Oswald advised KPRC:
There are specific varieties of circumstances that, for my part, actually ought to solely warrant punishment, and that’s this type of case,” stated Oswald, chief of the Crimes In opposition to Youngsters Division. “I’m heartbroken for the complainant and his household. I’m actually disillusioned within the end result as a prosecutor — a toddler abuse prosecutor, and I’m disillusioned as a citizen of Harris County.
