sick, sick, sick; how can a 31 year old with two kids have sex with a 13 year old???? She should have got a lot more time.

How sick!! This is also a slap on the hand!! OMG she has kids this age herself and would probably want anyone fried who did this to her own. I can't believe they didn't give her more time in jail plus mandatory counseling.

It is obvious from the length of the sentence and the amount of the fine which gender committed this crime. No other information about gender is required in the article as judges and society truly will not punish females for their crimes, no matter how heinous they may be.

Great! Another registered sex offender walking the halls of our school!

Just shows how the court system works, not well at all. The only good thing that came out of it is she will not teach again. 30 days crap, the judge, shame on him.

When she asked the judge to "think of her own children" He should have, and added 10 more years to her sentence. If she would do it to a friends kid what is stopping her from doing it to her own. These stories make me sick.

This ,excuse me please, I am at a loss on how to label this "being", hit the nail on the head. In asking the judge who would protect her children, who is?

OMG!!!...... excuse me while I hurl...............13 year old boy???!!! can he even perform at that age???? This evil woman must be pretty selfish and ignorant not to know a boy that age wouldn't tell his buddies. Don't tell me she was lost in the moment...I might hurl again!

30 days you must be kidding me?if a 31 year old man did this to a 13 year old girl he would be charged with statutory RAPE!

Why haven't they published her mugshot? Other kids should be made aware of who she is so that they can stay away from this creep.

Okay, I am confused! A 31 year old woman has some form of sex with a 13 year old and gets 30 days. This isn't even a case of a teenager near the age of consent yet a merchant sells a gun to a legal buyer knowing that he probably is going to give it to someone else and he gets a year? I completely agree that the other people that actually sold guns to Canadians illegally should serve time but the merchant can't control what happens to a gun after it leaves his store. He should have refused the sale when he heard what was intended and he should have reported the unusual sales like the Machias merchant did but that should be a loss of license and no more gun sales from his store not personal jail time! This woman that had sex with a 13 year old took something from a developing human being that will change his life forever. What effect that will have on him won't be known for years it could be very bad with severe impact or it could be fairly minor but it WILL change his life forever! Registration as a sex offender for 10 years? What happened to the rest of her life like men? There have been cases of two teenagers having consentual sex and the guy (who wasn't 18 yet) ends up with the sex offender tag for the rest of his life. Why wouldn't a woman who is 31 get the same punishment? Crime and Punishment is getting to be a joke and in the case of sexual issues very sexist! This woman may not realize it but her own children are victims just as much as the boy she abused. 30 days and a 10 year sex offender status is a joke!

WTH?!?

why is it, when someone rapes an ADULT they get more time than raping a CHILD?!?

this crap needs to stop!!! we need to protect our children, not the criminals!!!

if someone raped my child, the only trial would be mine- for killing the sob!!!

I am still hurling...................................... :(

ONLY 30 days and a $400 fine??? You've GOT TO BE KIDDING. This woman is lucky it wasn't MY 13 year old child...

Unfortunately, the boy probably thought it was pretty cool!

So disturbing that she only got 30 days in jail! People are jailed longer than that for drug offenses, even when the only victim was themselves! I think if it were a male teacher and a female student, he would received more jail time! SICK!

Maybe "butch" will take care of her in prison?

One can only hope.

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David889327 , I agree, bet he didn't mind at all, I know I wouldnt. She did break the law.

I ahve to agree 30 days is an insult the the child that she did this too. I would be willing to bet if this was a male teacher doing it to a 13 yr old female student he would be nailed to a very long prison term. I hope that DHS takes this ladies kids away from her or atleast won't allow her to be alone with her own children!

Does this situation suggest that there is a difference between males and females?

JeffDubay is totally correct. It is blatant sexism. We have so much latent sexism in this country is is amazing! Some might call this counter-sexism or sexism against men (double standard). Just the other day there was quite a debate on this site regarding the pregnant woman whom was assaulted. Just from the responses on their you hear the sexist ideals that people hold. To Catch a Predator etc have demonized so many men etc. Long before that though we have been a very sexist nation. Yes we have many things that put down and demean women, but take a look next time you are watching tv or hanging out with a family. The sexism is rampant and accepted. In 20- 30 years we will look back and say "what were we thinking?". This is no shocker. The double standards the female sexist paradigm is unreal. Everything from holding the door to assault to punishments. A female can drink and drive and be responsible for an OUI but that same female can jump in to be in that state and the man is accountable. Maine is even worse than most places. It is like a double sexism, a lot of people in this state do think men are better but at the same time do lots of things against men, like this moronic judge!

What is odd is that so many women want more "rights" and more "equality". I think they would be shocked to learn that they would have to lose there current "rights" just to become equal.

Could the difference in punishments be that in the case of the adult male and the underage girl, the perception is that some degree of force or coercion would likely be involved, whereas in the situation with the adult woman and the underage boy, there is a likelihood of the absence of force or coercion, in fact, being somewhat realistic about the male psyche, though 13 is maybe borderline, the boy could possibly be saying "More, more, more!!"

Shame on men for not calling the police when they are assaulted, molested or otherwise. The under reporting or absence of reporting or coming forward of/with men's stories needs to happen to not only wake up the public but to reverse the standard and put more women/offenders in jail. People often call me a sexist just for the things I have echoed in these last few paragraphs. That is how sad it is now, even you even acknowledge the inequalities that effect men then many think you are a sexist!! How sad it is. And many men don't agree until it happens to them or someone they know. Wake up people.

You hit the nail on the head Dave. Some males are quite mature at 13 and know exactly what they are doing. I was driving on the asphalt roads by the time I was 14.

Thank you, Stevey. Cheeky, every day I leave my house I'm hoping maybe I'll be molested by a woman!

You can't assume he enjoyed it, that's a sexist judgment itself. You must be hard up Dave. - Plus everyones different at 13. What would be interesting if this were a 13 year old female, then all hell would be breaking loose.

This is disgusting. The whole thing, her crime and her punishment. WTH was she thinking? All this does is give the message it is OK to do this to children in Maine. I am gonna go hurl with lincolnmom

JUstice Kevin Cuddy should be removed!!!

What a travesty!! Bet we won't see him on O'Reilly cause O'Relly only reports on judges who render weak sentences for male offenders.

This should get national attention. We, as citizens of Maine, should be embarrassed.

Do Not re-elect this incompetent judge!!

www.maine.gov.

Everyone should check out the sex offender list and be aware of who lives around you! You will be surprised!

This woman is sick!!!

kennyh, judges are not elected, they are appointed

I am still hurling...this freakin' article has been on my mind ALL day. She need to be punished more than 30 days...I think the judge is on drugs!

Kennyh:

Absolutely---and when is the state going investigate what deals were made : answer - never --it involves a woman.

And some dude gets 1 year for selling a gun ! He should have worn a wig.

The justice system here in Washington County is crooked. If you get a appointed lawyer by the court look out you'll be screwed. They DA will tell the cops to lie just to get a conviction. There is predigest in the system. They set you up to take a fall here. My question is why don't they clean up the justice system around here, cause that is where is starts. It depends on who you are and how your last name is spelled. I have been in the courtroom and I have seen it and heard it. And shame on this judge. This women should have counceling and shouldn't be allowed to be around her own son. Who knows like what someone else said, What won't make it to it to her son. Beleive me I will be looking on the sex offenders list and see who she is. It should have been rape. It makes me sick to see how unfair the justice system is. I hope she hangs her head when she has to appear in public. There are people in jail and prison are doing more time on a lesser crime than what she did. It's so unfair.

I agree this type of thing should be punished to the full extent. But, read the article, her no contest plea was to lesser charges than what she actually did. The prosecuter asked for 30 days, the judge has guidlines he has to stay within. Why are we so quick to jump on the judge, why did the state only ask for 30. Probably because the was part of the plea deal with her. Read the article, proof would have been difficult and it would have taken a couple of years. How is the Judge at fault here ???? I have noticed many people read these articles and want to behead everyone involved without either really reading the article thoroughly, or thinking the article is telling evererything in the the case, NOT. If someone pleads guilty to manslaughter, you cannot give them the sentence of Murder! I am not talking about this case, but some cases people that are innocent plead out, if you cannot think of the reasons for this, please don't ask. It is so easy to be judge and jury when you don't have to abide by the rules of the law.

later

from now on this boy has this memory as "his first time". sad

It's plain to see by the comments posted here that you are all concerned about what you have read. I would be true if it were true. But it's not. I'm disgusted with this newspaper for printing an article that is so one sided. None of you know this woman or the situation. The so called "victims" of this so called "sex abuse" case are deeply troubled. You would know that if you knew them. This is not the first and will certainly not be the last time that something like this happens and they are invovled in it. I know the woman who was accussed. I've known her all my life. She is an amazing woman with a kind heart. Her kind heart got her in a big mess. It's sad how that happens to the good people in this world while the truly guilty are still running free. I pray that the truth about all this will come out soon. That her good name will be restored and that you will all realize the not everything that you read in newspapers is true.

rainne-----In your post you stated'victims'. Were there more then one? I do realize that everything in print is not correct, but this article came from the actual court procedings.

actually I know her as well, and it is true. I know for a fact it is, so rainne maybe you need to get all your facts straight? She was a horrible teacher who had kids spy for the principal so she wouldn't get caught not doing shit, she flirted with students, and talked to jr. high kids like she was one of them instead of their teacher, anyone with a myspace a couple of years ago would know this, she bought alcohol and cigerettes for students, and pretty much did inappropriate things all the time

omg learn2listen!!! That is horrible! Some people are complete fu@&ing idiots! I did check to see if she had a myspace page, but didn't find one.

Some of you are quite nosey. Maybe you guys should get a hobby????? Almost like you are a bunch of old maids doing some investigating. Don't get me wrong I don't totally agree with the situation but some of you are nothing but a bunch of gossipers. It really is quite comical.

LOL...SteveyDee,

You're right, thats why i don't comment too much, say one wrong thing and some are on ya like flies on shit,

You do make me chuckle at times.

I do understand why peolple feel the way they do about this woman, but i for one don't know the situation, until i do, i'm keeping my mouth shut.

And thats a bad thing?? I personally love to gossip..lol!

If she was a man, she would be doing years behind bars. This is ridiculous! And then to have her tell the court, “Please think of my own children. Who will protect them if I’m not there?”. Hey dumbass, who's going to protect your children from you? The judge and the prosecuter both need to lay off the Kool-aid. Sexual contact with a minor is a crime, and this woman should have been treated like the creep that she is.

BDN - why are you allowing people to swear in these posts (please refer to justacommentor, dandlmom, & learntolisten)? Is there no editing at all going on?? Most of what gets posted here is bad enough on its own, but if you're going to allow swearing this paper is going to get even worse. Let's try to elevate the discussion here a bit and filter out some of this junk.

I don't care who knows this woman or even if she is a good person (actions speak louder than words). She molested this boy and violated an important boundary: 13 year old kids should be able to go to school and learn without having to wonder whether or not their creepy teacher is sexually attracted to them. This sentence is as deplorable as this woman. Why isn't there a mug shot posted with this article so that this person can be exposed?

Was she by any chance a Sex Education teacher?

Bangorian:

Please!! The worst i have ever said in here is, well i better not say it i guess, how is this "POOP"

I said: Flies on "POOP"!!!

There is alot more than that being said in here, and some post are more vulgar than "POOP".

If you don't like it, well I dont' give a POOP.

Don't bother me with POOP like that.

Is she still allowed in schools?

lol bangorian...sorry our comments are not all rainbows and glitter....

When I was 13 years old, I would have loved some lovin' from my hot 30-something teacher. I bet that boy had a smile on his face during and long after the encounter -- until the assorted handwringers and Ned Flanders types convinced him that something terribly dirty had taken place, and that only the police and the court could cleanse him. Ha!

Sorry PaulDam, did you see her mug shot?! There is alot of her but none of it hot. A firehose and a wirebrush won't wash away that memory!

Ah, I see your point. Yikes. I take it all back. No apple (banana?) for THAT teacher!

So, will she be at the jail house or will she be at the prison her husband works at in Bucks Harbor? She was my sisters teacher. I do feel a little sorry for her family..b/c she's really not that type of woman.. What was going through her head, does anyone know? I'm not making excuses for this woman, but as a person,she was great. As a teacher, she was great. But..... hard to say.. nobody really knows the inside situation except her, and that boy. Of course he's 13 years old, so even if he was consentual of it, or if he started and provoked it.. he doesnt get the say.. it's still wrong...and yes.. more jail time should've been given..and sex offenders shouldnt be registered just for 10 years..they should be registered for life. This is terrible all around.

There were probally many others.... only time will tell

What gets me is when she said “Please think of my own children. Who will protect them if I’m not there?” I wonder what her meaning of the word protect is, and if she thought she was "protecting" the victim in this case. She's disgusting.

this sucks one more female skates on molesting a child because she's a female.I can only hope her husband protects his children from her.

david he might now ,but this will screw his head and he might never understand what turned the screw.

movethen;so because the prosecuter was lazy the judge should get a pass,it's his court .resposibility

pauldam you'r an ass

if I was the kid I would've been... heheh awwwwwwwwwright

Where is anne_of_mdi when we need a moral pronouncement on this issue?

David889327, I haven't weighed in because I'm in agreement with everyone here for the most part. All I can add is that she must have had a darn good attorney.

I may just be one voice in the crowd of many, but as Governor of Maine I would send convicted child sex offenders to jail for life and/or have them put to death just like people who murder people. Doing disgusting things to a child takes away their innocence and its wrong. Sickos should be put away for ever.

I mean look we got a bald man increasing taxes saying soda and beer is bad for citizens, yet won't lock anybody up who molests children. Sandra Lawrence.

bthanson - What I said was the judge may have been bound by rules put in place. You cannot give a person more jail time than what his boundaries allow. If you remember, the punishment must fit the crime. The crime is what she plead to, not what anyone presumes she did or did not do. Again, she made a deal with the prosecution, just maybe, if not all agreed to the deal, she would not have made it. Read the article, the prosecution says there is NO physical evidence, and a trial would have been a couple of years away, and then there is the possibility she could have been found not guilty.

Why all the armchair quarterbacks? Just speculation here, what if the prosecution and defense knew there were some history in this childs family that would have been brought out and would not have been received well by the jury? NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE, the prosecution may know this case could have ended up in a Not Guilty verdict, the school teachers family did not want to spend all there money on lawyers, there are many reasons in this country for plea deals.

A judge has to hand a sentence out on what the defendant was found guilty of, or to what she plead to. Yes they look at mitigating circumstances, maybe there were some here that helped her out. Why don't you ask the judge.

Are posts allowed here anymore, I just posted and it did not show up? let's see if this one does

Ok, post there, I guess it is slow today

I just love how some come out here and just blast their gossip; here's a question, if this woman was always flirting with the kids in her classes, why did none of you step up and go to the school and file a complaint? Why did none of you confront her? Or go to the authorities? Oh wait, is that because there is no truth to your so called gossip. Or that you did not really witness any of this first hand? Wait, maybe she scared you - was that it? All that is written in these comments are not "facts" - they are just ideal minds with nothing better to do. Now I am no condoning anything - I just realize that I do not know any of the facts in the case and neither do any of you. Unless some of you that really think you know the facts can answer, why did you not do something before it went this far?

PGOME1: "Now I am no condoning anything - I just realize that I do not know any of the facts in the case and neither do any of you. "

If your above statement is how you feel, Why, if you don't know the facts, are you on here doing the leaving comments you know nothing about, and crabbing to people who are doing the same, voicing their opinion.

Justacommenter - I'm not the one in here stating that this has been happening for years and they know that for a fact there are other kids involved and crap like that - that is who my comment is to - I'm not crabbing to people who voice their opinion - I want to know if why others on this site felt that this teacher was stepping over the line with students, why did they not do something besides just gossip about it. Or is there no truth to their rantings to begin with. State your opinion all you want - but when stating "fact" back them up with facts.

PGOME1 maybe you should go to the second article and read . Sounds like other children are talking but never came forward. Maybe after the DHS court in Calais and the victim had to endure 45 minutes of explisive testomony that was enough for him and his family. She was guilty at that one and lost custody of her children but continued living with them and her husband. I am sure there is many emoitions going in the community on this subject. So you condon her and the likes of her, but you should take a few minutes and reflex if this was your child how would you be feeling. I cringe to think my child goes to Elm Street and she has had free range at school even after losing her kids to the State of Maine. So as she has done best snub authority.

teddybear99 - I am not condoning anything - I have stated that above. What irriates me is the adults in this community who NOW come forward to make accusations of past situations - if there is so many other stories and situations of this happening, why was some thing not done before. Was there any complaints filed on this teacher @ her school on this "supposed" behavior? If not, why. I am not talking about the kids - I am talking about all the adults that are now say "I knew it, I knew it" . Yes, gossip happens - I get it - and to every story, there usually is a reason for it - so again, I ask, if a lot of adults questioned this - did they just not question it to the right people or was they ignored?

I have to agree with those who say he probably thinks he is cool...... Unfortunately as much as I cannot imagine being with someone young.... I could not even go to 25 OMG I am old.... but at the same time I remember being 13 I am female and I thought it was kewl to have older men... i knew what I was doing...I am now 39 and still look back on fond memories... but to others the men were in the wrong.... It is the law... obey the law... but remember not all is as tradgic as we would like to make it out to be.... I do agree though she should have gotten more time in jail... you leave Kids alone.... that is what makes you an adult... you know better and you say NO!!

And I did read the other article and there was nothing on DHS in the actual article - just some one's comments, which could be fact or could be fiction.

I would have to agree with Jeff.

In the vast majority of male child abuse cases I read about, the man is registered on the sex offender list, loses any professional chance of ever having a self-respectable job again, and goes to jail until his beard reaches his beer gut.

Women get a slap on the wrist.

Although on the other hand, there was another article I read today about a women that had to move out of her compartment complex on Thanksgiving because of oral sex she had with one of the other residents 12 years ago (when she was 17/he was 17). So I guess this street goes both ways, the woman in this article probably slept with the judge =\

And no, I'm not sexist, I'm not bitching b/c women get it easier (under these circumstances) than men, it's just what I've read.

Cheeky I think the woman protest is over. I think most of us woman feel we have equal rights. We are not in the 60's anymore. That is it. This woman is some sick B**** though. 30 days is a laugh and a half.

SteveyD how many times have you commented on this posting? You are putting people down for posting comments on this and what they are saying, saying they should get a life and talked about how they are gossiping but you seem to be the one with the most postings! You are the one who needs to get a life!

Bangorian I have been noticing you are all over BDN about postings. FREDOM of speech. It is one of the freedoms that I still have and enjoy. Don’t read it if you don’t like it. I have to watch gays on TV and I have to listen to homosexuality being talked about all the time. Why don’t you comment on something else besides your virgin ears? Do you realize a child has been offended? Do you realize that every person on here has a right? Allot of these people rights are also infringed on. I am sure you want TV. Don’t you think they discuss things on TV that should be there? A few swear words are the least of my worries.

`It worries me that this woman only got 30 days and a 400 dollar fine. This woman should be dragged through the streets of her town so that they all know who she is. I think this should be done by this young mans family. I also think this boy should have his ass kicked by his old man. It is wrong of both of them. If this young man is not shown how wrong it is, he may be the next offender. I know that when things like this happen, the last people you should call is the law. There isn’t jack they can, or will do about it. I think justice should be served by the family. I also want to say, I know people are reading this thinking I am cruel for insinuating that the boy should also be punished by his parents, I want to explain that this boy is not helpless, he was 13. I know this is the prime age for the hormones to kick in, this boy knows it is wrong. Depending on what his parents have taught him, I would think at this age he knows right from wrong and also knows that a teacher should never put there hands on a child. DRAG THEM ALL THROUGH THE STREETS! I garentee if the punishment was appropriate for the crime there would be alot less crime. HMMM>>> maybe thats what we should look at cutting back on, JAIL!!!

i agree with you beresponsible