Teacher Jodi Church Gets Federal Prison for Soliciting Boy

(Peoria, Illinois) In March 2007, a 26-year-old teacher at Manual High School, Jodi Church, was charged under state law with felony sexual assault for allegedly engaging in sex with a 16-year-old male student.

Also in March, Church was charged in federal court with using the Internet (MySpace) to lure a different 16-year-old male student into having sex.

In August 2007, 27-year-old Jodi Church pleaded guilty to a federal charge of enticement of a minor for sexual activity using MySpace.com.

Yesterday, Jodi Church was sentenced to seven years in a federal prison. Upon her release, Church will be subjected to court supervision for life.

Additionally, Church faces a county court appearance next week regarding sex crimes allegedly committed against a different 16-year-old male student.


[Update 02/25/08]

Jodi Church pleaded guilty today to state charges resulting from engaging in sex with a 16-year-old boy. She was sentenced to four and one-half years in prison, to be served concurrently with her federal seven-year sentence.

Church will serve her sentences in a Texas federal prison.