Former teacher sentenced for affair with teen student Former teacher sentenced for affair with teen student (September 07, 2005)

Rebecca Ann Boicelli, a former Redwood City teacher and Menlo Park resident who had a baby with a former teenage student, was sentenced Thursday to two years in state prison, the result of a plea bargain, the San Mateo County district attorney's office reported.

Ms. Boicelli, 33, pleaded no contest to one count of lewd acts upon a child. She was charged with three counts of lewd acts upon a child and one count of unlawful intercourse with a minor, who was 16 when the infant was conceived and 14 when the relationship began, according to Chief Deputy District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. As part of the plea bargain, the other charges were dropped.

Ms. Boicelli was arrested January 20 after an extensive investigation, and a DNA paternity test confirmed that the teen fathered the baby, born in June.

Ms. Boicelli, who has been in jail since her arrest, has seven to eight months left on her term, Mr. Wagstaffe said. She will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of her life after her release from prison, he said.

The teenage father and his parents in Menlo Park are caring for the child, Mr. Wagstaffe said. --Bay City News Service

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