Hoover High School pleads guilty to sex with an underage student www.privateofficer.com

 

Fresno CA Oct 19 2012

A Hoover High School social studies teacher arrested in April pleaded guilty Wednesday to six felony charges of having sex with an underage student.

Megan Denman, 30, could face jail time when she is sentenced in January, said her lawyer, Roger Nuttall. He hopes she will get probation.

Denman plead guilty in Fresno County Superior Court to three counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor and three counts of oral copulation with a minor. The boy was 17 at the time.

Judge Ralph Nunez has ruled out prison but will decide whether she serves jail time or must register as a sex offender, Nuttall said.

Fresno police linked Denman to the student on April 5 when he was pulled over driving her 2002 Saturn in southwest Fresno. Police thought it was stolen. Four days later, Denman was arrested.

 When questioned, the student said he was a Hoover High School student who was involved in a sexual relationship with Denman, a court document said.

The student said the affair began in the summer of 2011 when he was 17, and that he would go to Denman’s apartment to engage in sex with her.

While being questioned, the student allowed police to view his cellphone, which had text messages from Denman that read: “I love you” and “I miss you,” the court document said.

The student was cited for driving without a license and without proof of insurance and released.

Denman told police she gave him permission to drive her car.

Nuttall said Denman resigned from her teaching position and doesn’t intend to return to teaching.

Denman’s teaching credential was suspended by the state Commission on Teacher Credentialing pending the outcome of her case, said Fresno Unified spokeswoman Susan Bedi.

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Fresno’s Hoover High School teacher charged with sex crimes

 

Fresno CA April 14 2012 A California high school teacher is under investigation after her arrest on charges that she allegedly had sex with a student.
Megan Denman, 29, a social sciences teacher at Fresno’s Hoover High School, was arrested Monday on one count of sex with a minor and two counts of oral copulation with a person under 18, according to the Fresno Police Department and the Fresno United School District.

The investigation is ongoing, and no evidence has emerged that other students were involved or that any illegal activity took place on school property.
Denman was released from Fresno County Jail Tuesday evening, according to ABC News affiliate KFSN.
“As we all know, there have been incidents throughout the state of teachers taking advantage of the student-teacher relationship,” said Fresno Unified Superintendant Michael Hanson said in a news release. “Unfortunately, we have learned of an alleged inappropriate relationship between a teacher and student in our own district. Words cannot describe my deep disappointment in this alleged breach of teacher-student relationship. ”
Denman has been placed on paid administrative leave.