Connecticut Teacher's Aide Gets Prison in Sex Case - Updated

(New London, Connecticut) Thirty-three-year-old Shonna Couture pleaded guilty in New London Superior Court to second-degree sexual assault and delivery of alcohol to a minor.

According to police, she had consensual sex with the male student at a local motel and at her house, and provided vodka to the student and a 15-year-old girl.

As a result, she was sentenced Friday to one year in prison and ordered to register as a sex offender. When released, Couture will serve 10 years of strict probation.

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Connecticut Teacher Accused of Sex with Male Student
[Previous 1/13/09 post]
(New London, Connecticut) A 31-year-old teacher's aide formerly at Robert E. Fitch High School, Shonna Couture, has been charged with engaging in sex with a 16-year-old male student.

Couture faces counts of second-degree sexual assault, providing alcohol to a minor and risk of injury to a child.

On the weekend of Dec. 5, she said she rented a room at the Econo Lodge and had consensual sex with the student.

On Dec. 7, the boy asked Couture to pick up a 15-year-old female at her house. Around 7 p.m., Couture brought the girl back to the motel, where all three of them drank from Couture's bottle of Smirnoff vodka. Couture told police the girl appeared intoxicated.

Couture also told police she had sex with the boy at her house sometime between Dec. 7 and Dec. 13.

A court appearance is scheduled for February 3.