Teacher Lisa Glide Gets No Jail in Sex Case - Updated

(New Brunswick, New Jersey) Earlier today, former high school drama teacher Lisa Glide was sentenced to probation for engaging in sex with a male student.

Prosecutors had requested a jail term of up to 364 days for 35-year-old Lisa Glide of Howell. But at Monday's sentencing hearing Superior Court Judge Frederick DeVesa said jail time would not serve any useful purpose.

DeVesa noted testimony that Glide was suffering from cancer and depression when the affair with the 17-year-old Old Bridge High School student took place.

I tend to disagree with Judge DeVesa. Jail time serves the purposes of emphasizing the seriousness of the crime, acting as a deterrent to other potential offenders, and dissuading excitable critics from saying the judge is a complete wussy on crime.

In addition to five years of probation, Glide is barred from teaching in New Jersey.

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Teacher Lisa Glide Guilty in Sex Case - Updated
[Previous 6/2/09 post]
(Middlesex County, New Jersey) Old Bridge High School drama teacher Lisa Glide pleaded guilty before Judge Frederick DeVesa in Superior Court, New Brunswick, earlier today to an endangerment charge stemming from engaging in sex with a 17-year-old male student.

In court, Glide admitted that she had sexual intercourse twice with the boy between Feb. and May 31, 2008 off school premises.

Christie Bevacqua, assistant Middlesex County prosecutor, said the victim wanted to be spared having to testify in court.

"He was fine with this plea agreement,'' she said.

Glide will be ordered to surrender her teaching certificate and she potentially faces 364 days in jail.

Sentencing has been scheduled for August 10. Glide is currently free on $100,000 bail.

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NJ Teacher Arrested for Sex with Male Student
[Previous 12/4/08 post]
(Middlesex County, New Jersey) A 35-year-old drama teacher at Old Bridge High School, Lisa Glide, was arrested yesterday for allegedly engaging in sex with a 17-year-old male student.

According to Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan, Glide faces charges of sexual assault and child endangerment.

The prosecutor's office began an investigation into Glide on Nov. 25 after receiving information about the sexual relationship, Kaplan said. Investigators determined Glide began having a sex with the 17-year-old boy in February, when he was still a student at the school, Kaplan said.

Glide was booked into custody at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center.