Female Teacher Faces Felony Sex Charges

(Taft, California) A 31-year-old Buena Vista High School math teacher, Jennifer Lynn Sanchez, resigned from her teaching position and turned herself in to police after a warrant was issued for her arrest on child molestation charges. The charges include four counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old student, and one count each of oral copulation and sodomy with the same student.

Sanchez, a mother of three, pleaded not guilty in the Taft division of Kern County Superior Court and is free on $25,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for January 26.


[Update 02/22/06]

On Tuesday, 02/21/06, in Kern County Superior Court, Jennifer Lynn Sanchez was arraigned on three counts of unlawful sexual intercourse. Her trial is scheduled to begin on May 15.


[Update 07/02/06]

Sanchez sentenced to probation.