Teacher Rebekah Todd Gets Jail

(Pierce County, Washington) In June 2006, a former physical education teacher at White River High School, Rebekah M. Todd, was charged with first-degree sexual misconduct for allegedly performing oral sex on a 17-year-old male student.

In January 2007, 25-year-old Todd pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual assault in accordance with a plea deal which specified she would get 30 days home confinement and revocation of her teaching credentials.

Last Friday, however, a judge rejected the proposal and sentenced Todd to six months in jail.

Deputy Prosecutor Hugh Birgenheier stated that Todd no longer has certification to teach. Todd's attorney also mentioned that she is pregnant.

So, due to a serious bout of irresponsibility, Rebekah Todd has lost her job, her teaching certification and placed daunting hurdles to any future career opportunities. She also must spend six months in the slammer and has a felony conviction chalked up against Washington's three strikes law. To top it all off, she's also pregnant.

Looking on the positive side, Todd was able to experience a few moments of forbidden bliss with a teen student. Even so, it was an exceedingly dumb trade, I think.