Cops: Teacher had sex with student
By Brian Stanley Herald-News
A Plainfield North High School teacher was arrested Tuesday night after police allegedly caught her having sex with a 16-year-old student in a parking lot.
Ashley M. Blumenshine, 27, of Lisle, was charged with aggravated criminal sexual abuse after police allegedly found her and the boy inside a vehicle at 6:19 p.m. outside Kohl’s, 11860 S. Route 59.
Blumenshine is a physical education and dance teacher at the school. The boy is a junior.
Police Chief William Doster said officers were on patrol checking the parking lot when they saw two vehicles parked next to each other. One was unoccupied while Blumenshine was in the driver’s seat of the other vehicle with the minor in the back.
Assistant Will County State’s Attorney Mary Fillipitch said both occupants admitted they had just engaged in consensual sexual intercourse and a condom was taken as evidence from the vehicle.
“(Blumenshine) told police she knew he was a student at Plainfield North High School,” Fillipitch told Richardson during a bond hearing Wednesday.
Judge Marzell L. Richardson set Blumenshine’s bond at $75,000. Her parents posted bond, and she was released Wednesday night. She is not to have any contact with students at Plainfield North or minors who are not relatives. Blumenshine has taught at the school district since 2006.
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