NM Teacher Gets Ankle Monitor for Rape of Boy - Updated

(Albuquerque, New Mexico) On Friday, former teacher Kristy Sanchez-Trujillo, 35, was sentenced to community custody for rape and child molestation of a 13-year-old male student.

State prosecutor Nicholas Marshall asked that the former teacher be given the maximum on the plea deal, which was five years, for the for the 2009 rape of her then-13-year-old student.

The then-33-year-old married mother admitted she took the boy to the Petroglyphs National Monument and had sex with him on a couple occasions in her SUV.

"The fact that the parents entrust these people who care for them, this individual violated that trust and so it was our hope that she was going to serve a period of incarceration," Marshall said.

The judge handed down a 24-year sentence but dismissed all but 364 days. The former mid-school teacher will serve that one year at home on an ankle monitor.

District Judge Reed Sheppard said Sanchez-Trujillo's gender did not influence his sentence. He said it therefore it must be so.

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NM Teacher Guilty of Sex with Boy, 13 - Updated
[Previous 4/29/12 post]
(Albuquerque, New Mexico) Former teacher Kristy Sanchez-Trujillo pleaded guilty last Friday to criminal sexual penetration of a minor, criminal sexual contact, and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Sentencing is scheduled for June 29.

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Teacher Accused of Sex with Boy, 13 - Updated
[Previous 4/8/11 post]
(Albuquerque, New Mexico) Former Jimmy Carter Middle School teacher Kristy Sanchez Trujillo (aka Kristy Sanchez-Trujillo), 34, accused of sex with a boy, is scheduled to go to trial in July on charges of criminal penetration of a minor.

Here's a media report of the current status of Sanchez-Trujillo's case.




Note that the prosecution is expected to offer a plea deal.

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Albuquerque Teacher Accused of Sex with Boy, 13
[Previous 10/29/09 post]
(Albuquerque, New Mexico) A 33-year-old social studies and hip hop teacher at Jimmy Carter Middle School, Kristy Sanchez Trujillo, was arrested last night for allegedly engaging in sex with a 13-year-old male student of hers.

Trujillo faces three counts of criminal sexual penetration of a minor.

Reportedly, Trujillo told another teacher that she was being naughty and the other teacher alerted authorities. Trujillo started working with the school district in 1998 and is reported to be a single mother of three children.

Trujillo was booked into custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center.

[Add.] Corrected typo and added updated pic.