Teacher Booked on Sex Charge

(Erie, Pennsylvania) A 32-year-old English teacher at Northwestern High School, Robin Lee Hecker, was arrested Monday and charged with corruption of minors for engaging in sex with a 16-year-old male student. According to police, Hecker had sex with a tenth-grade boy at her home between June and August 2005.

Hecker has been suspended from her teaching position with pay. She was booked into the Erie County Prison and held in lieu of $10,000 bond.

Tip: Don Morgenstern


[Update 04/03/07]

Robin Lee Hecker pleaded guilty today to one count of corruption of a minor in accordance with a plea deal. She admitted to engaging in at least five sexual episodes with a 10th-grade, 16-year-old male student in her class. Hecker faces a maximum of five years in state prison and she must surrender her teaching license.

A sentencing date was not reported.


[Update 05/12/07]

Hecker sentenced.