West Hartford, CONNECTICUT

September 26, 2008 - Julie A. Denno, 27, a former teacher at the American School for the Deaf, is facing charges of second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a minor after allegedly engaging in a relationship that included "inappropriate physical contact" and sexually charged text messages with a 15-year-old boy over a period of several months. (Other stories say they haven't released the age of the student to avoid identifying him.)

Police began investigating in February, when the boy's mother contacted them about Denno's alleged conduct, which took place between December 2007 and January 2008.
The school suspended her without pay several months and then fired her as the investigation unfolded.

Denno is a single mother of a two-year-old boy. She is currently living with her parents in New York. She was originally placed on a $75,000 bail that was subsequently reduced.