Texas Teacher Gets 10 Years Prison - Updated

(San Antonio, Texas) Former 8th-grade math teacher Nora Lynn Martinez pleaded guilty Wednesday to online solicitation of a minor and indecency with a child by contact.

Martinez was arrested in January for the indecency charge after the student, then 13, lent her cell phone to her father.

On the phone, the father told police, he found text messages from Martinez stating she loved the girl and that she wanted them to run away together and get married.

“Probably in early December we started holding hands and our hugs started lasting longer,” the student told police in a handwritten statement. “Kissing began in mid-December.”

As a result, Martinez was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Upon her release, she will be required to register as a sex offender.

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Texas Teacher Accused of Molesting Student
[Previous 1/25/11 post]
(San Antonio, Texas) A 30-year-old math teacher at Stevenson Middle School, Nora Martinez, has been accused of molesting a 13-year-old female student.

Martinez faces charges of indecency with a child and improper relationship between an educator and student.

The alleged victim is not her student but did attend the school.

The 13-year-old girl's father reportedly found out about the alleged relationship through text messages sent to the child from Martinez.

Martinez was booked into custody with bond set at $60,000.