April 03, 2008
Teacher offered to "break" student of shyness before sex act, detectives say
Ragusa2 TAMPA -- Before a Davidsen Middle School teacher started a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old student, she told the boy she could help him overcome his shyness, according to a new court filing.
When teacher Stephanie Ragusa, 28, left, broke her foot and was confined to a wheel chair, the boy was assigned to escort her around the school, detectives wrote in their request for a search warrant filed in Hillsborough Circuit Court.
Ragusa told the boy when they got into the elevator that she noticed he was "shy and she could break him of that," the warrant states. Then, it says, she invited him to go to her apartment after school instead of attending an after-school program.
At her apartment, they had what the boy described to police as "consensual" sex. Ragusa then took him back to school in time to be picked up by his step-mother.
Over the next several weeks, detectives wrote, Ragusa and the boy spoke over the phone. One night, while the boy's parents were sleeping, the teacher picked him up around the corner from his house and they had sex in the back seat of her silver Lexus SUV, the report states.
Their sexual relationship lasted from October, 2006 to May 2007, detectives said.
The last reported sexual incident between the two took place the night of the boy's eighth grade dance. The boy said he skipped the dance, got a ride from Ragusa to an after-hours party, then got a ride with her to Gant Road, where they had sex again, detectives say.
The boy described to detectives two tattoos -- a flower and possibly a butterfly -- in Ragusa's groin area that they said would be visible only without clothes, as well as a gecko on her back. Hillsborough Sheriff's detectives requested the search warrant to obtain pictures of Ragusa's body as well as DNA samples and fingerprints from her Lexus.
Ragusa, who was hired by the school district in 2006, faces five felony charges of lewd and lascivious battery, one for each sexual act involving the 14-year-old, who deputies say turned 15 over the course of their relationship. Ragusa, of Lake Bella Vista Drive in Tampa, was working at Martinez Middle as a math teacher when the charges against her were filed. She has been suspended from her teaching job.
- Rebecca Catalanello, Times staff writer
Teacher was quoted as saying that 14 goes into 28 more often then you'd think. *RIMSHOT*
That's so disgusting. How can you go through with that?
In the recent years, there has been a trend developing in Florida. There has been a lot of teacher-student sex scandals coming from there. There was another teacher who was from Florida. She was blonde and she was about to get married or something. She had an affair with her student. I forgot her name but I know her last name started with an L. It was on the news for awhile.
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04-05-2008, 10:37 PM
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URD,
You stole my joke!!! Who do you think you are? Dane Cook? [Cues Band]
So did this sex experiment work? Was the student's shyness cured?
Disgusting really. She should be locked up for awhile.
I made that joke first if you remember...
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i'm stunned at your reaction Funkster. You've had your share with a greater age divide
Hey now. Just because Funky picks his dates up at Chuck E Cheeses doesn't mean you can pick on him.
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That's so disgusting. How can you go through with that?
In the recent years, there has been a trend developing in Florida. There has been a lot of teacher-student sex scandals coming from there. There was another teacher who was from Florida. She was blonde and she was about to get married or something. She had an affair with her student. I forgot her name but I know her last name started with an L. It was on the news for awhile.
I never knew a site like that existed. It is a very informative site about these scandals.
My only problem with these scandals is what forces them to do this act. Don't they know what they are doing is wrong? Is it all for risk of being caught that makes it even more exhilirating?
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04-06-2008, 01:19 PM
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That's her, Debra Lafave.
I never knew a site like that existed. It is a very informative site about these scandals.
My only problem with these scandals is what forces them to do this act. Don't they know what they are doing is wrong? Is it all for risk of being caught that makes it even more exhilirating?
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Lafave later attributed her indiscretions to bipolar disorder, which is associated with intense and irregular mood swings, and with hypersexuality and poor judgement during manic episodes.[6]
Debra Lafave was arrested on December 4, 2007, for violating her probation. The violation listed says she talked to a 17-year-old female restaurant coworker on "non-work related issues such as family problems, friends, high school, personal life, boyfriend issues and sexual issues. ... (Lafave) received no permission from the court to have any contact with minors." She was released from jail later that day on her promise to appear in court for a hearing later. [7][8] During the January 10, 2008 hearing, Lafave was found to be in violation of her probation. The court ruled, however, that the violation was neither willful nor substantial. The court will not revoke her community control.
Talk about a strict parole officer. "Zomg you talked to a minor co-worker about life! You're going back to jail missy!"
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