A DeWitt girl will serve jail time adopted by 4 years on probation after having an inappropriate relationship with a minor whereas working as a paraeducator for Beatrice Public Faculties.
Casey L. Schaefer, 29, of DeWitt was sentenced Wednesday afternoon in Gage County District Courtroom.
She was sentenced to 24 months probation for contributing to the delinquency of a minor and 24 months of probation for negligent little one abuse, each class 1 misdemeanors. The 2 probation phrases will likely be served consecutively, totaling 48 months.
A plea settlement amended the kid abuse cost to incorporate “negligent,” lowering the cost from a category 3A felony.
A further class 4 felony cost of enticement by an digital communication system was dismissed as a part of the settlement.
She may also serve 90 day in Gage County Jail as a part of the sentence. Protection legal professional Lee Timan requested that she be allowed to show herself in to the jail in January to permit her to spend the vacations together with her daughter.
Choose Rick Schreiner denied that request, however did order that she might flip herself in on Dec. 3.
“I do know it’s troublesome,” Schreiner mentioned. “I by no means take selections like this flippantly and I don’t like placing individuals in jail, a lot much less placing them in jail over the vacations. This can be a critical offense, and I want to do what she needs me to do, however what she needs to do is why we’re right here immediately.”
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Schaefer was arrested in January after stories have been made to Beatrice police regarding social media messages between Schaefer and a 14-year-old male from Beatrice.
The messages seemed to be engaging and questionable in nature.
Schaefer and the boy have been each questioned and proof was found that led to Schaefer’s arrest.
Timan argued that the connection didn’t escalate to the identical stage of seriousness some instances have, and identified that Schaefer has no prison historical past and scored among the many lowest of any consumer he’s had for danger to reoffend.
“Clearly, this was not one thing the place she was trying to put herself on this scenario and positively she understands she’s the grownup and the younger man concerned definitely was not at fault in any method, however I don’t assume it is a scenario we’re ever going to see once more,” Timan mentioned. “She has no prior prison historical past, she has in any other case led a really law-abiding life.”
Timan additionally pressured that Schaefer has proven regret and apologized to these concerned.
“It’s an unlucky case,” he mentioned. “I do know that Mrs. Schaefer has many instances expressed her regret to everybody she will. She misplaced her employment. She’s by no means going to be concerned within the instructional discipline once more and has accepted that. It’s definitely had an impression on her household life and her relationship together with her husband.”
The Gage County Legal professional’s Workplace really useful a sentence of probation within the case together with protection attorneys. Whereas the majority of the sentence handed down was probation, Schreiner added that not together with a jail time period would have depreciated the seriousness of the crime.
“You had some stressors in your life, not simply at the moment however I feel earlier to that that you simply hadn’t actually handled appropriately,” Schreiner mentioned. “To name what you probably did right here inappropriate is a gross understatement, as a result of it’s prison. I learn the police stories, all of them, and also you clearly dedicated these crimes and possibly extra.”
