Married California ‘Teacher of the Year’ had student’s pic in wallet as charges mount: DA

A married California “instructor of the 12 months,” who has been accused of sexually abusing a former pupil, “was obsessive, possessive, controlling and harmful,” prosecutors mentioned in courtroom. 

Jacqueline Ma, a 34-year-old sixth-grade instructor at Lincoln Acres Elementary College in Nationwide Metropolis, was arrested twice in every week after police discovered extra proof towards her, which was introduced Monday within the Superior Courtroom South County Division in Chula Vista. 

Investigators discovered an image of the 13-year-old sufferer’s image in her pockets, jewellery together with his initials, love letters in her classroom and textual content exchanges that confirmed Ma turned pissed off that the sufferer did not message her again fast sufficient, prosecutors alleged. 

She additionally allegedly despatched specific photos to the coed and coerced him to ship movies again to her, in response to prosecutors, who mentioned the inappropriate habits started when the sufferer was 12.

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“This defendant maintained a relationship with this little one for months, possibly much more than a 12 months, when she started grooming him, giving him items, serving to him with college, and praising him,” mentioned Drew Hart, deputy district legal professional for San Diego County.

Ma pleaded not responsible to all fees, and her protection legal professionals sparred with prosecutors on bond, however the choose sided with the prosecution and remanded her to Las Colinas Ladies’s Detention Heart in Santee, California, with out bail. 

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Ma was initially launched on bond after her first arrest on March 7, when she was charged with three counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a toddler underneath 14 and three counts of oral copulation with a toddler underneath 14.

The subsequent day, she was arrested once more and charged with sexual misconduct, witness intimidation and a number of counts of kid pornography in reference to the identical intercourse abuse case. 

Jacqueline Ma, a instructor in Nationwide Metropolis, California, allegedly sexually abused a former pupil.

After her second arrest, Nationwide College District Superintendent Leighangela Brady mentioned the allegations are “deeply troubling” in an emailed assertion to Fox Information Digital.

“Our group discovered that Jacqueline Ma, a instructor at Lincoln Acres Elementary College, was re-arrested by regulation enforcement as their continued investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct with minors secured further info to press felony fees,” Brady mentioned. 

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Ma has been positioned on go away and “won’t be returning to the campus,” Brady mentioned.

“Whereas this complete state of affairs is certainly deeply troubling, we respect that regulation enforcement is dedicating assets to safe the information and holding our faculty district and group knowledgeable of their progress,” the superintendent mentioned. “I’m grateful to our total college group for dealing with this state of affairs with a shared dedication to do all that we are able to to keep up our youngsters’s schooling with out interruption.”

Jacqueline Ma was a instructor at Lincoln Acres Elementary College in Nationwide Metropolis, California. (Google Avenue View)

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Ma has been a instructor on the college since 2013, in response to her LinkedIn web page, and was named one of many “Lecturers of the Yr” by the San Diego County Workplace of Schooling for the 2022-2023 college 12 months.

A blurb about her award reads: “She considers the relationships she maintains together with her college students her biggest accomplishments. She has spearheaded a schoolwide STEM enchancment plan, bringing in outdoors organizations – together with the Salk Institute, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, the Fleet Science Heart and the San Diego Zoo – and offering alternatives for college students to work together with professionals doing the work to higher visualize a path to a rewarding STEM profession.”

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For the award spotlight, Lincoln Acres Elementary College Principal Kathy Melanese was quoted as saying, “I can’t think about a extra certified and passionate educator to obtain this honor. 

“The creativity, initiative, collaboration, and 100% dedication Ms. Ma has for her college students and the college is immeasurable. When college students go away Ms. Ma’s room, they’re extra assured college students, extra engaged residents and extra considerate adolescents who know they’re cherished.”