Stephanie Ragusa Takes Plea Deal in Teacher Sex Scandal Case
The long saga of Stephanie Ragusa, the former teacher who was accused of having sex with several of her underage male students, seems to be coming to a close.
Stephanie Ragusa in court on Monday. (wtsp.com)
Ragusa was a math teacher at Davidsen Middle School in Tampa, FL. In between March and April of 2008, she was arrested three separate times for having sex with two different underage male students, one 16 and the other 14.
The third time, Ragusa was arrested as she was leaving the teenager's house and returning to her boyfriend's truck. She became an item in the national press when it was noted that in all three of her mugshots, she offers the same smile.
During the investigation, police said they were able to confirm one boy's testimony due to distinctive tattoos around Ragusa's "groin area." Photographs of these tattoos were later released to the press.
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Text messages from Ragusa to one of the teens were released in August of 2008, including one that read simply, "I loved today. The sex was amazing." The boy replied, "YES I KNOW!"
In a Flordia court she accepted a plea deal, which caps possible prison time for the former teacher at 10 years. Her attorney plans to argue that the two years she has already served in prison should mean Ragusa has served her time, especially when in comparison to similar cases.
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Stephanie Ragusa in court on Monday. (wtsp.com)Ragusa was a math teacher at Davidsen Middle School in Tampa, FL. In between March and April of 2008, she was arrested three separate times for having sex with two different underage male students, one 16 and the other 14.
The third time, Ragusa was arrested as she was leaving the teenager's house and returning to her boyfriend's truck. She became an item in the national press when it was noted that in all three of her mugshots, she offers the same smile.
During the investigation, police said they were able to confirm one boy's testimony due to distinctive tattoos around Ragusa's "groin area." Photographs of these tattoos were later released to the press.
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In a Flordia court she accepted a plea deal, which caps possible prison time for the former teacher at 10 years. Her attorney plans to argue that the two years she has already served in prison should mean Ragusa has served her time, especially when in comparison to similar cases.
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