(09/01/08 - Initial BBT Report)
Stephanie Kay Bellino, 39, an attendance clerk and in-school suspension and detention supervisor at Fremont Middle School, in Florence, Colorado has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust.
Following her arrest Thursday evening Bellino was being held in the Fremont County jail in lieu of $50,000 cash bond.
Bellino came to the attention of police in mid-August by way of contact from “concerned people”.
Police are refusing to release any additional information, saying the investigation is ongoing.
Bellino has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the case.
Anyone with more information about the case is asked to call the Florence Police Department at 719-784-3411 or Crime Stoppers at 719-275-STOP (7867)
09/04/08 - Additional Information
The alleged victim is a 13-year-old boy who is a former student at Fremont Middle School.
Bellino came to the attention of authorities after teachers had spoken with students who recently found text messages from Bellino on a classmate’s cell phone left behind at a party. The students recognized the source phone number of the texts as Bellino’s, and said she freely gave her number out to students.
Allegedly the text messages were sexual in nature. The boy was interviewed by investigators and denied any sexual relationship with Bellino. The boy subsequently admitted to having sex five times with Bellino at her home, in June and July.
A police officer using the boy’s cell phone to pose as the boy and contact Bellino. It is alleged that during the exchange of text messages that the messages from Bellino became sexual in nature.
References:
New Details in Child Sex Assault Case (09/03/08)
School worker suspected of sex assault on a child (08/31/08)
Female Fremont school employee jailed in child sex case (08/30/08)
Florence school employee charged with child sexual assault (08/30/08)
Female Fremont school employee jailed in child sex case (08/30/08)
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September 18th, 2008 at 1:36 am
hint hint pali pal…if shes so great and important to you, maybe you should have left out the comment of being fun to party with. partying with students is what shes in trouble for…
i have NO sympathy for her what so ever. shes a big girl and she knew what she was doing was very wrong.
i do, however, have sympathy for her husband and children.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
Fun to party with? Ha Ha Ha?
I don’t think the charges are funny nor do I have any sympathy for her. I hope she receives a very long sentence.
If this would have been a male teacher having sex with female students, he would be crusified.
September 8th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
she had such a good life it breaks my heart that my good friend turned out to be so bad. I agree that picture SUCKS!!!
September 6th, 2008 at 1:41 am
I love steph as a person but not for what she did. I believe she needs help and i hope she gets all she needs to get better! I still cant believe all this is going on but there are some sick people in this world and it sucks that she turned out to be one of them!! i hope the best for her family~D,D,&T
September 4th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
I don’t care how bad it sounds, She was the best teacher I ever had and That picture is dumb! You guys probably messed it up because she looks waaaay prettier in life…….and she was fun to party with haha