New Port Richey, FLORIDA

Third teacher in two weeks arrested for sex with student in the same school district.

March 24, 2008 - Lisa Marinelli, 40, a substitute teacher in -- where else? -- Pasco County schools was arrested and charged with unlawful sex with a minor. She also is accused of giving the 17-year-old boy a pair of her underwear as a memento of their sexual relationship.

Police were alerted after the boy's father saw him exiting Marinelli's car "holding his pants together and putting them back in place." The father provided documents of hundreds of cell phone calls, and there were about 35 text messages still on the victim's cell phone.

Marinelli is married. She was teaching at Mitchell High School.
Full Name: Lisa Robyn Marinelli,

Under Florida law, a 17-year-old cannot consent to sex with a person 24 or older.

Anyone with information may call the sheriff's office at 1-800-854-2862.

Marinelli is the third teacher to be charged in two weeks with a sex-related crime against a minor. In Hillsborough County, former Davidsen Middle School math teacher Stephanie Ragusa and Freedom High English teacher Mary Jo Spack of Wesley Chapel face charges of having sex with underage students. TT entry for Ragusa TT entry for Spack

Since 2005, at least 10 schoolteachers in Hillsborough and neighboring counties have been arrested on similar charges.

TEXT MESSAGES March 25 - According to the arrest report, it all started in December, when Marinelli identified the teen as being "on the list" of potential boyfriends for her 15-year-old daughter. The report also included some of the text messages between Marinelli and the student.

QUALIFICATIONS St. Petersburg Times (March 30) reports that Ragusa went through alternative certification and that Lisa Marinelli, a Pasco long-term substitute arrested on similar charges, has a high school diploma and two days of training.

NOT GUILTY PLEA April 29 - Marinelli entered a written plea of not guilty this morning. She did not appear for the arraignment.