Dance Teacher Gets Probation in Sex Case

(Joliet, Illinois) In April 2007, a dance teacher, Monica Tai, pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse for engaging in relations with a 15-year-old male student. Tai was the boy's dance teacher.

Yesterday, Will County Circuit Court Judge Daniel Rozak sentenced 24-year-old Monica Tai to 30 months probation and ordered her to register as a sex offender for 10 years. Tai was also instructed not to drink alcohol nor use the Internet while on probation.