California Teacher Gets Jail in Sex Case - Updated

(Yuba County, California) Last Friday, former teacher's aide Elizabeth Colleen Wallis was sentenced by Yuba County Superior Court Judge Julia Scrogin to four months in jail and ordered to register as a sex offender.

"She is a sex offender as far as I'm concerned," Scrogin said, who included a three-year treatment program for such offenders as part of Wallis' sentence. Probation conditions also prohibit her going near where children gather, including schools, parks and playgrounds.

"She's not going near other kids," Scrogin said.

When asked about Wallis taking her children to school, the judge said, "I guess her husband will be dropping off the kids."

"I don't want her at the school," Scrogin said. "My goal here is to make sure this does not happen again."

During the proceeding, the mother of the victim expressed raw anger at Wallis, accusing her of inflicting "real scars, deep scars."

Subsequently, Wallis was escorted to the Yuba County Jail to start serving her four months.

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California Teacher Pleads in Student Sex Case - Updated
[Previous 1/31/11 post bumped]
(Yuba County, California) Earlier today, former teacher's aide Elizabeth Colleen Wallis pleaded no contest in accordance with an agreement to engaging in sex with a 17-year-old student.

Per the plea deal, Wallis will receive 90 days in jail when sentenced on March 18.

Judge Julia Scrogin said in court that the prosecution is not seeking a requirement that Wallis register as a sex offender.

Scrogin said she has limited knowledge of the case and that she will decide on the 90-day sentence referred to in the plea agreement after reading the probation report about Wallis.

"I may agree," Scrogin said. "I may not."

The victim's mother was perturbed.

"If she were a man, she would get the book thrown at her," the mother said. "If she were a man, it would be a different story."

"It's all bull," the mother said.

No disagreement here.

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Female Teacher and Special Needs Student
[Previous 11/3/10 post]
(Olivehurst, California) A 35-year-old teacher's aide at Yuba Gardens School, Elizabeth Wallis, has been arrested for allegedly engaging in an off-campus sexual relationship with a 17-year-old special needs student.

Wallis has been charged with unlawful intercourse with a minor and other charges.