Female Teacher Accused of
Sex With Students
She Also Gave Alcohol to Boys, Ages 14-16, Police Say
apbnews.com
Aug. 22, 2000
By Richard Zitrin
MONTROSE, N.Y. (APBnews.com)
- A 28-year-old teacher faces up to
four years in prison for allegedly
carrying on sexual relationships with
three teenage students last school
year, prosecutors said.
Marci Stein, who taught special
education at Hendrick Hudson High
School in this Westchester County
community until earlier this year,
pleaded not guilty at her
arraignment in County Court
Monday.
Stein is charged with multiple counts
of third-degree sodomy, third-degree rape, third-degree
sexual abuse, first-degree unlawfully dealing with a child
and endangering the welfare of a child.
She is free on her own recognizance, according to the
Westchester County District Attorney's Office.
Allegedly brought boys home
Stein, who taught at Hendrick Hudson High School for two
years, allegedly sexually abused three boys between the
ages of 14 and 16 from April 1999 until this past January.
She also is accused of giving alcohol to the boys, whom
she met at school, and of carrying on the relationship in her
home in Buchanan, authorities said.
Her attorney, George Fufidio, could not be reached for
comment.
Contesting her firing
School district officials said that after learning of the
teacher's alleged sexual misconduct, they conducted an
investigation of the charges, which led to removing her from
her job.
Stein is suing the district for allegedly wrongfully terminating
her, school officials said.
"The district is confident that Ms. Stein's attempts to blame
the district and her students for her current dilemma will not
withstand the scrutiny of the litigation process and the
grand jury's indictment is another step in that process,"
district officials said in a prepared statement.
Richard Zitrin is an APBnews.com national correspondent
(richard.zitrin@apbnews.com). |
