A married Connecticut high school teacher, Laura Ramos, has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a special education student.
She also allegedly denied and destroyed evidence of the acts.
Ramos, 31, was charged with second-degree sexual assault.
A wife and a mother, she admitted to having sex with an 18-year-old student while teaching at Central High School in Bridgeport, Conn.
Authorities say they were called to the high school after another student reported the liaisons to officials, local station WFSB reported.
The student, a.k.a. “witness 1” in court documents, told officials that Ramos began texting him first “as a ‘normal teacher’ helping a student.”
Ramos then began confiding in him, complaining about her “man” or “guy” … presumably the teen she had a sexual relationship with.
“Witness 1” told the cops that he saw Ramos and the teen “make eyes at each other” and flirt with one another, court documents alleged.
Ramos would also complain to the student witness that her “man” wouldn’t want to “have sex or do anything,” he later told the school.
She also “tried to have him buy weed for her” apparently.
Police took screenshots of Ramos’ text to the student witness before confronting the former teacher, who denied having sex with the teen.
Ramos, however, did admit to a “close” relationship.
News 12 Connecticut reports that they were so close that Ramos was bringing homemade sandwiches and fruit in for her alleged victim.
In a second interview, Ramos admitted she had sex with the teen “a handful of times” in her car, starting in December and ending in April.
She said that she had previously talked to the teenager in question about denying their relationship and had deleted all of their texts.
A different witness told local authorities, according to News 12, that Ramos had also asked him “to buy, find and roll marijuana” for her.
A former student of Ramos said “I was very, very, very frustrated, very angry, disappointed, upset. This should have been dealt with properly.”
“I feel like this situation was not handled properly at all.”
Her lawyer, Edward Gavin, said in a statement:
“She is cloaked in the presumption of innocence, and we look forward to obtaining all the investigative reports so that we can offer the appropriate defense.”
Ramos submitted a letter of resignation to the school on June 20. School officials say that termination proceedings have been initiated.
The case is still being investigated by the Bridgeport Police Department, the school district and Central High School’s resource officer.
