Teacher Engelbach Gets No Jail in Sex Case

Entry updated and bumped

Teresa Engelbach gets no jail. She was sentenced earlier today to two years "private supervised probation" and to pay a $5,000 fine. Quite lenient, eh? (Tip: Gregg M)


* * * * *
[03/05/08 entry]

(Hillsboro, Missouri) Teresa Engelbach, now 22, pleaded guilty before Jefferson County Circuit Judge M. Edward Williams last week (2/29/08) to reduced charges of felony rape and misdemeanor sexual misconduct involving a 14-year-old male student.

Engelbach faces a possible seven years in prison and a $5,000 fine on the rape charge. For the sexual misconduct, she's looking at six months in jail and a $500 fine.

Sentencing is scheduled for April 15.


* * * * *
[10/20/07 entry]

(Jefferson County, Missouri) In March 2007, a 21-year-old substitute teacher at Senn-Thomas Middle School in Herculaneum, Teresa Engelbach, was charged with rape for allegedly having sexual relations with a 14-year-old male student. Engelbach faces three counts of statutory rape and one count of statutory sodomy.

No incidents of the alleged sex are believed to have occurred on school grounds nor are any other students believed involved.

In the latest development in the case, Engelbach has pleaded not guilty to the charges. It's reported that the prosecution and defense attorneys are working toward a plea deal.

Tip: Gregg M.