Jillian Gehrkens Sentenced
Posted by: Webmaster in Connecticut, FE-MV, Hall of Shame, High Schools, School StaffJillian Gehrkens, 28, of Middlebury, Connecticut, a former guidance intern at Newtown High School, in Newtown, Connecticut has been sentenced to 9 months in prison for having sex with a then 15-year-old male student.
Gehrkens’ relationship with the student began in December 2003 and ended sometime after January 2005. Gehrkens left the employ of the Newtown school district as a paid guidance intern in 2004.
Gehrkens was arrested on two counts of second-degree sexual assault and one count of risk of injury or impairing the morals of a minor in August 2005. In September 2005 she was charged with violation of conditions of release for twice meeting with the victim while under $25,000 bond on the original charges and under order to have no contact with the victim. Thereafter she was under house arrest.
In January of his year, Gehrkens, who was pregnant with her second child at the time, pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault in the second-degree and guilty to a charge of violating the conditions of her release. As part of her plea deal she would serve nine months in prison of a seven year suspended sentence. This was the minimum sentence permitted by law. During 2006 her case was delayed while she was pregnant with her first child.
In addition to her nine-month prison sentence, she will be on ten-year probation and must have no contact whatsoever with the victim or the victim’s family, she must complete outpatient psychological counseling, her employment may not bring her into contact with minors, and she must not be arrested for other offenses. If she violates any of these conditions she is subject to serving the full seven-year term in prison.
Gehrkens gave birth to her second child about two weeks prior to sentencing.
References:
School guidance intern sentenced for having sex with student (7/27/07)
Gehrkens Sentenced To Nine Months In Prison (8/02/07)
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