Therapist Accused of Sex with 15-Year-Old Boy

(Waukegan, Illinois) A juvenile counselor and therapist, 26-year-old Tiffany Daddino of Chicago, has been charged with criminal sexual assault for engaging in sex with a 15-year-old boy in a residential treatment center. Daddino is being held in the Lake County Jail on $500,000 bail.

When authorities started investigating Daddino in October, she was suspended from her position. Later, she resigned. It appears that Daddino was wrongly assigned to give therapy when, in reality, she should have been receiving therapy. As a care-giver, Daddino should have known better.


[Update 11/09/05, 0900 EST]

(Lake County, Illinois) Daddino went before a judge who refused to lower her bail.

From SunTimes.com:

Lake County prosecutors opposed lowering Daddino's bail, saying they are concerned she might try to flee to escape prosecution on the felony charges, which carry a maximum 15-year prison sentence.

"She's a flight risk,'' said Assistant State's Attorney Patricia Fix, adding that when Daddino was arrested Friday at her Chicago apartment, she already had packed up many of her possessions.

Daddino also allegedly scrubbed and cleaned her apartment, bedding and car in a possible attempt to destroy evidence, Fix said.

Whoa! So, by all indications, Daddino was planning to run. Also, Daddino is being investigated to determine if she might have helped the teen escape from the residential treatment center in August. There may be more charges filed against her.



[Update 10/05/06]

Daddino sentenced to four years in prison.