Ex-middle school teacher sentenced to 30 years for illicit sex acts with underage student will serve only 12 months in jail

Ex-middle school teacher sentenced to 30 years for illicit sex acts with underage student will serve only 12 months in jail


A former Maryland teacher pleaded guilty in June to illegal child sex crimes with a student and was sentenced to 30 years in prison. However, she’ll only serve a year behind bars after a judge suspended the vast majority of her sentence.

On June 20, Melissa Marie Curtis pleaded guilty to three counts of third-degree sex offenses with an underage middle school student. During her sentencing Friday, Curtis also was given five years of supervised probation, according to the Montgomery County State Attorney’s Office.

The former student claimed that Curtis sexually abused him nearly two dozen times.

Once released, Curtis will be required to register as a sex offender for 25 years. She also won’t be allowed to have unsupervised contact with minors other than

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