NJ Teacher Gets Jail for Sex with Student - Updated

(Passaic County, New Jersey) Kristin Leone, now 28, was sentenced yesterday to one year in jail and five years probation. During the proceeding, Leone choked back tears and apologized.

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NJ Teacher Guilty of Sex with Student - Updated
[Previous 4/16/13 post]
(Clifton, New Jersey) Clifton High School teacher Kristin Leone, 27, pleaded guilty yesterday to criminal sexual contact with a 16-year-old male student.

In accordance with the plea agreement, counts of sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, luring and enticing a child, criminal sexual contact and official misconduct will be dismissed.

Through a series of “yes” and “no” answers to questions asked by defense attorney Ronald Ricci of Woodland Park, Leone admitted in court Monday that the student took her hand and placed it on his genitals during a tutoring session at school on April 26 and that she kept her hand there for her own sexual gratification.

Leone, who was the boy’s social studies teacher, also admitted to inviting the student to her Clifton apartment on April 29 and to placing her hand on the boy’s genitals for her own sexual gratification.

Authorities had alleged prior to her guilty plea that the two had sexual intercourse at her apartment. While there was no sign that anyone was coerced, the relationship was not legal.

Leone will be sentenced on June 7 to one year in jail and five years of probation. Meanwhile, she remains free on bail.

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NJ Teacher Accused of Sex with Student
[Previous 5/10/12 post]
(Clifton, New Jersey) A 26-year-old history teacher at Clifton High School, Kristin K. Leone, has been accused of engaging in sex with a 16-year-old student.

Leone faces charges sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child, criminal sexual contact, luring and enticing a child and official misconduct. According to Passaic County Prosecutor Amelia Valdes,

"Clifton police detectives conducted interviews, executed a search warrant and collected evidence relating to the allegations," according to the Prosecutor's office. "The evidence demonstrated that Ms. Leone engaged in sexual conduct with the child on two separate occasions," Valdes said, adding both incidents occurred in late April, the first in a Clifton High School classroom while the student was to be receiving extra help, the second, four days later at Leone's Clifton home.

The prosecutor said details are still being investigated, but said the contact initiated with text messages between the high school junior and his teacher, who used her personal phone. The prosecutor said it's not yet clear who started the texting, but added the incident is still under investigation.

Leone was booked and released on $100,000 bail.