Crystal Marie Bashford, 21, a teacher at Palm Christian Academy in Port Charlotte, Florida has been arrested on allegations of having sex with a 14-year-old boy.

Bashford was arrested on one count of lewd or lascivious battery. It is alleged that Bashford had sex with the then 14-year-old boy once in November 2006 when she was 20-years-old. The alleged sexual activity had no relation to the Palm Christian Academy.

Reportedly the boy told police Bashford invited him over to stay the night and they were watching TV when she began talking about sex.

Following her arrest Bashford was released from the Sarasota County jail Tuesday morning on $2,500 bail.

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Jesse Wayne Gentry, 26, a former teacher Tiger Creek Elementary School in Tunnel Hill, Georgia charged with molesting an 11-year-old girl has entered guilty pleas and been sentenced on two counts of sexual battery.

Following his guilty pleas, Gentry was sentenced to two five-year probation terms to be served consecutively, fined $2,550 and ordered to register as a sex offender. Gentry faced up to 40 years in prison had he gone to trial and been convicted on the child molestation charges.

Gentry was arrested in March of this year on allegations that he fondled the girl on three occasions, between August 2006 and February 2007. The victim was not Gentry’s student and the sexual battery occurred away from the school.

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Michael Stratton, a 25-year-old substitute teacher at Ladysmith High School, in Ladysmith, Wisconsin pleaded guilty Tuesday to two misdemeanor counts of exposing his genitals to a child.

Stratton was accused of soliciting sex both online and on the phone from the two girls, ages 14 and 16. One of the girls is a student at Ladysmith High School, the other Stratton met on a ski trip. He allegedly convinced the girls to expose themselves and he allegedly exposed himself.

As part of his plea deal Stratton was sentenced to three years probation during which he can’t use computers, the internet or have an electronic device that can transmit an image or text message. Additionally Stratton must pay restitution, and cannot have unsupervised contact with female juveniles or the victims.

The prosecuting attorney declined to prosecute on the felony count of using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime.

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