Teacher gets 38 yrs for grooming 12 yr old for sex

A female teacher found guilty of having sex with a 12-year-old student has been sentenced to 38 years in prison today. Married mother Ethel Anderson, 31, was told she was a 'parents' worst nightmare,' on Monday as she was jailed in Tampa, Florida.


Judge Chet Tharpe told Anderson in court that she manipulated the boy's parents into believing he was safe and groomed the child for sex.


Anderson was charged with nine counts of molesting a student after it was discovered that she was having sex with a boy who was 12-years-old at the time.

The former 'teacher of the year', from Riverside, Florida, who has a six-year-old child, wept in court as she claimed that she was not a threat to society and was not a predator - but her victim's mother and the judge disagreed

The boy has since transferred schools.