Virginia teacher, 31, pleads guilty to sex romp with teen boy student

A former Virginia high school teacher pleaded guilty
Friday to a misdemeanor charge related to her
sexual relationship with a teenage boy.
Ashley Leigh Lewis Weber, 31, admitted to two
counts of having consensual sex with a child who
was at least 15 years old. Each count carries a 12-
month prison sentence, but the case judge
suspended the sentence on one of the counts.
Weber also was initially charged with a felony count
of using a communications device to proposition a
minor. That charge was withdrawn by prosecutors in
exchange for a guilty plea on the misdemeanor
counts.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that
prosecutors ultimately expect Weber to serve about
six months in jail.
Weber, a history teacher at Douglas S. Freeman in
Henrico County, turned herself in on Aug. 1, two
months after police were tipped off about the
relationship.
Prosecutor Stacey Davenport said Weber met the
student during the 2015-16 school year. That
summer, Weber took the boy to her parents' home in
Henrico, where they had sex. Davenport said the boy
was 15 at the time of this first encounter.
Judge Margaret Deglau ordered that Weber not be
allowed to contact the boy and criticized the
teacher for what she called "victimization."

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