School Aide Gets Probation in Sex Case - Update

(Yuba City, California) Former Live Oak High School health aide and librarian, Sharon Janelle Souza, 43, has been sentenced to three years probation after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of unlawful sex with a boy under 18.

A felony charge of oral copulation with a minor and a misdemeanor charge of annoying or molesting a minor were dismissed, according to the Sutter County District Attorney's Office.

Souza was given credit for five days already served in jail and ordered to attend a sex offender counseling class. She was ordered to stay away from the victim and not associate with minors under 18.

Therefore, despite Judge Brian Aronson characterizing her offenses as "pretty serious stuff," Souza is walking away from court as if it were not all that big a deal.

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California School Aide Accused of Sex with Boy
[Previous 3/17/10 post]
(Yuba City, California) A 43-year-old health aide and librarian with the Live Oak Unified School District, Sharon Janelle Souza, has been accused of engaging in sex with a male student under the age of 18.

Souza has been charged with felony oral copulation and misdemeanor child molestation. Souza was arraigned yesterday in Sutter County Superior Court and a not guilty plea was entered.

A preliminary hearing in the criminal case was set for March 26. The charges against Souza, who was arrested Monday, involve alleged acts by her in late December 2009.

Tom Pritchard, Live Oak Unified superintendent, said Souza is no longer an employee. She worked as a librarian and later as a health aide at different sites in the school district, Pritchard said.

Pritchard said he could not comment on whether the alleged victim attends a Live Oak Unified school.

Souza was booked into custody with bail set at $50,000.