Monday, April 29, 2013
Former West Orange High School teacher, Erica DePalo, 33, of Montclair, was sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence of parole with no jail time Monday afternoon, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.
The 33-year-old former West Orange High School teacher who admitted to having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student was sentenced Monday and will serve no jail time, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. Erica DePalo, of Montclair, an Essex County Teacher of the Year, was sentenced on Monday, April 29 in Newark Superior Court to a three-year suspended sentence of parole with no jail time. She will also forfeit of her teaching license and be on lifetime supervision under Megan's Law, a spokesperson for the prosecutor's office said. When DePalo acccepted the plea deal in February the interim superintendent of the West Orange School District, James O'Neill, told Patch he was “personally disappointed” and felt the parents and …
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Erica DePalo of Montclair accepts plea deal to endangering welfare of a child.
A West Orange High School female English teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student pleaded guilty Tuesday to endangering the welfare of a child, according to the Essex County Prosecutor’s office. Erica DePalo, 33, of Montclair is expected to receive life parole supervision under the terms of the plea agreement when she is sentenced on April 29, the official said in a release on Tuesday. She will also be required to undergo a psychological evaluation at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in Avenel, forfeit her teacher’s license and never be allowed to seek government appointment, the prosecutor’s office said. “This is a just resolution of the case because it frees the victim from having to testify in …
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West Orange Interim Superintendent Jim O'Neill says the county's plea bargain with a high school English teacher for her sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student is too light.
The interim superintendent of the West Orange School District said Tuesday he was “personally disappointed” and felt the parents and students in the district “have been poorly served by the justice system in Essex County” after high school English teacher Erica DePalo pleaded guilty to charges of endangering the welfare of child and received no jail time. District Interim Superintendent Jim O'Neill complained the county treated the incident too lightly, citing a decision by a judge in a nearby county recommending seven years in jail in a similar case. Erica DePalo, 33, of Montclair, was accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student. Those charges were dropped after she accepted a plea bargain in a Newark Superior …
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11:32 am on Monday, May 13, 2013
Isnt this Englert guy on Parisi team? Whats Parisi going to do? What is he going to investigate? And of all things who is going to do the Investigation? Talk about the fox guarding the hen house. Parisi call in the Prosecutors Office to do the Investigation. ace more ›