Sarah Elizabeth Joel, 31, Arrested for Sexual Relations With Underage Former Student - Narcoossee Community School

Well, first Sarah Elizabeth Joel told cops she didn't have sex with a former male student, 15. But then, yeah, apparently she did over Christmas break (Holidays don't count for statutory rape, right?) when the former student was now all of 16. Apparently that was enough for Osceola County, Florida cops to arrest Joel on three counts of lewd and lascivious battery, a second-degree felony. And, she was booked into the county jail without bail. At right is Sarah Elizabeth Joel's mug shot picture.
Here's more details on the case from the Orlando Sentinel:

Deputies began investigating Narcoossee Community School Sarah Elizabeth Joel, 31, Friday morning, after a Harmony High School teacher told deputies that one of her students was suspected of having sex with his former teacher, according to a sheriff's charging affidavit.

During a tape-recorded interview, the student told an investigator that he and Joel stayed in touch after last school year and he became a friend of her family, the report states. When he called Joel to talk about his problems, Joel would pick him up and take him to her home.
"One thing led to another," the teen told investigators. He said the encounters took place at Joel's St. Cloud home during September, when he was 15.

Joel first told deputies during a sworn interview that they did not have sex, but later admitted to two encounters during Christmas break, when the former student was 16. She was arrested at school district headquarters in Kissimmee.

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