A New York teacher who sexually abused a 16-year-old student at a special needs school has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, according to authorities.

Sandy Carazas-Pinez, 36, was slapped with the quarter-century sentence and five years of supervised release by US District Judge John P. Cronan on Friday for enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, announced in a statement.

Between November 2022 and February 2023, Carazas-Pinez, 34, a former New York City public school teacher, led her 16-year-old student at a city-funded Yonkers school for kids with special needs to believe they were in a romantic relationship, prosecutors said. 4

She used her cellphone to text, call, and video chat with him to ar

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