Jacqueline Ma, a former 'Teacher of the Year' in San Diego County, pleaded guilty to lewd acts with her 11 and 12-year-old students. She also admitted to possessing child sexual abuse material and sending explicit images to the boys. Ma faces 30 years to life in prison.
An award-winning California teacher broke down in tears in court as she confessed to sexually abusing two of her students, ages 11 and 12.
“This was very significant to us, not just because she won an award, but because of who she was in the community,” Deputy District Attorney Drew Heart told Fox San Diego. Ma, who taught fifth- and sixth-grade kids, was arrested on her school’s campus in the spring of 2023 after the mother of the 12-year-old boy contacted police — who found that the trusted teacher had groomed the boy over 10 months, sharing love letters and explicit texts.
Prosecutors said Ma also had another relationship with a current student at the time, an 11-year-old boy, and exchanged sexually charged messages with him.At the conclusion of a preliminary hearing in 2023, Superior Court Judge Maryann D’Addezio said she thought the evidence was “overwhelmingly clear that the defendant took advantage of two children.”
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