A former Puyallup teacher has been sentenced to six months of house arrest after she pled guilty last year to three counts of first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor — a student of hers., the teacher, 31-year-old Lindsey Westerfield, pled guilty to having sex with a minor back in 2019 while teaching at Cascade Christian High School.. The teacher and student communicated on the social media platform Snapchat and met up at each other’s houses, never on school grounds.
The then 18-year-old student told investigators, according to the Tribune, he had an emotional relationship with Westerfield. The student’s father told police the relationship had started up and ended multiple times and, at one point, the victim dropped out of college to get a job to support her. Washington’s age of consent laws state school employees five years older than their students cannot engage in sexual conduct with students until they’ve reached the age of 21 years old.
Puyallup detectives began investigating her in 2019, but the case stalled until 2022 when investigators learned Westerfield was seeking employment on the state’s charter school commission. The victim then disclosed new details to authorities after learning she had been fired, according to court documents acquired by The Tacoma News Tribune.Westerfield is required to get treatment for 54 months and to register as a sex offender for 10 years.
The Seattle Police Department is investigating two Saturday shootings. In one, two juveniles were hurt in a drive-by incident downtown.A Redmond High School counselor was arrested this week for allegedly having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a female student.A one-year-old child was hit and killed by a vehicle in Lynnwood while the infant was playing in the yard with their parents last night.
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