A former Montgomery County, Maryland, trainer who pleaded responsible in June to participating in intercourse acts with an underage center college scholar in 2015, has been sentenced to 30 years in jail, however will solely spend a yr behind bars, in keeping with stories.
FOX 5 DC reported that whereas 32-year-old Melissa Marie Curtis was sentenced to 3 a long time for 3 counts of third-degree intercourse offense, she’s going to solely spend 12 months behind bars, with the rest of the time suspended.
Along with the 12 months, Curtis will likely be required to bear 5 years of supervised probation. As soon as launched, she will likely be required to register as a intercourse offender for 25 years. Curtis can even not be allowed to have unsupervised contact with minors aside from her personal youngsters.
The fees stem from an investigation launched in October 2023, after the sufferer got here ahead with allegations that he engaged in intercourse acts with Curtis years prior when she was a trainer at Lakelands Park Center Faculty whereas he was a scholar.
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Melissa Curtis was arrested for alleged sexual abuse of a minor and a number of counts of third and fourth-degree sexual offenses in Montgomery County, Md., final yr. (Montgomery County Division of Police)
The incidents started in 2015, in keeping with prosecutors, when the sufferer was 14, and Curtis was 22.
The scholar volunteered for an after-school program run by Curtis, and the 2 of them have been typically left alone collectively.
An investigation discovered that the sexual assaults occurred over the course of a number of months, till ultimately ending in April 2015. The assaults additionally occurred at totally different areas, together with on the college, inside Curtis’ automotive, and at her mom’s home in Montgomery County.
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The incidents started in 2015, in keeping with prosecutors, when the sufferer was 14, and Curtis was 22. (iStock)
Court docket paperwork additionally claimed Curtis gave the sufferer alcohol and marijuana, and that she had intercourse with the teenager over 20 occasions whereas he was in eighth grade.
Investigators acquired an arrest warrant for Curtis on Oct. 31, 2023, charging her with sexual abuse of a minor and a number of counts of third- and fourth-degree sexual offenses.
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Curtis pleaded responsible to 3 counts of third-degree intercourse offense on June 20. (iStock)
She in the end turned herself in to police on Nov. 7, 2023.
Curtis reportedly pleaded responsible to 3 counts of third-degree intercourse offense on June 20, and he or she was sentenced on Friday.
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Whereas the sexual offenses occurred in 2015, a spokesperson for Montgomery County Public Colleges advised the station Curtis left the district in 2017.
