Forty- one-year-old teacher and 12-year-old boy.
PLEADED NO CONTEST: Mar 5, 2007 - Sherry Brians, 41, a teacher at Buttonwillow, pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor charges of battery and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
The plea agreement avoided jail time. She will face up to five years probation and 80 hours community service. She also must undergo psychological counseling and could lose her teaching credential.
She was arrested after a student's parents found a letter in their son's backpack that indicated the two had a romantic and physical relationship, according to reports.She has been on paid administrative leave since last year.
She admitted to detectives she had an "inappropriate relationship" with the 12-year-old, [boy] according to reports. Investigators believe that relationship extended only to hugging and kissing and the exchange of love letters.
Full Name: Sherry Lynn Brians
Mar 6 - Her formal sentencing will take place May 11, but her sentence would include performing 80 hours of community service, five years probation and counseling. According to investigative reports, Brians and the boy told police that they hugged and kissed on numerous occasions in her classroom at the school. There was no indication of sexual contact beyond that.
SENTENCED: August 15 - KGET17: Brians was sentenced to three years probation and counseling. Under the terms of the plea bargain, two misdemeanor child molestation charges were dropped.
From May 5, 2006 story: North Country Gazette: She had been under investigation for several weeks after the boy's mother filed a complaint with police after finding a letter in her son's backpack which indicated that her son and Brians had been engaging in a sexual relationship on school grounds.
