School Teacher Sentenced 7-Years In Prison For Having Sex With 14-Year-Old Student

A married middle school teacher was given a long seven-year prison sentence on Monday, after admitting to having sex with one of her 14-year-old students. Sarah Raymo, 32, was arrested last January after rumours started swirling around Bay City, Michigan's T.L. Handy Middle School that she was sleeping with one of her eighth-grade students. The unidentified victim testified eight months ago that he had sex with Raymo six to eight times, both in school and at her home.

On Monday, a circuit court judge sentenced Raymo to 7.5 to 15 years in prison calling her inappropriate relationship with a minor student 'horrendous'. The maximum prison term for the charges is 15 years in prison.

As she received her sentence, Raymo  started shaking and breathing heavily, while wiping away tears, MLive.com reported. She declined to make a statement.

'As a teacher, you're placed in a position of trust over your students, That trust was violated when you elected to freely and willingly have sex with one of your students, no matter what the circumstances were surrounding your acceptance of the fact that you were going to have sex with this young man. The victim has been greatly impacted by this. He switched schools and is seeking therapy.
'Taking everything into consideration and including the fact that you violated the trust placed in you as a teacher of students, particularly the age of these students — we're talking about eighth grade — the higher end of the guidelines is appropriate,' Circuit Court Judge, Kenneth W Schmidt said.

However, Raymo's defense attorney Matthew Reyes believes the judge made a mistake in the sentencing.  'It's just wrong. I don't feel the judge knows the file like I do,' Reyes said. 'She's probably not ready for what's ahead.' 

Reyes agrees that  what his client did is wrong, but he doesn't see her actions as predatory behaviour.

Source: DailyMail UK