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A former high school teacher in New York will spend 25 years behind bars after pleading guilty to enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity

Prosecutors said Sandy Carazas-Pinez, 36, coerced a 16-year-old student with special needs into believing the two were in a "sexual relationship" between November 2022 and February 2023

Carazas' sentence will be followed by five years of supervised release and she must register as a sex offender, court records show

A former high school teacher in New York has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for sexually abusing a 16-year-old student with special needs, prosecutors said.

Sandy Carazas-Pinez, 36, was given the sentence after pleading guilty to enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity, the U.S. Attorney’s Of

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