The previous Ohio center college instructor who pleaded responsible to sexually abusing her daughter’s teenage babysitter in August has been sentenced for her heinous crimes.
Stefanie Erin Kellenberger, 41, was sentenced to fifteen years behind bars for having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old, the Richland Supply reported.
Kellenberger, an ex-sixth-grade English teacher at Shelby Center Faculty, had pleaded responsible to 4 counts of third-degree felony sexual battery and 17 counts of third-degree felony illegal sexual conduct with a minor on Aug. 1.
Previous to pleading responsible, she was introduced with two choices by prosecutors for her crimes: both 12 years flat jail time or 15 years with the potential for judicial launch after 10 years. She opted for the second possibility.
The sicko ex-teacher will even be required to register as a Tier III intercourse offender and re-register each 90 days for the remainder of her life when she is launched from jail.
Decide Brent Robinson assured the court docket that the 15-year sentence could also be served in its entirety.
“Don’t let anyone be confused, this can be a 15-year jail sentence with the hope that you just (Kellenberger) come again in 10 years and also you’ve been a mannequin inmate — you’ve finished the whole lot you have been alleged to do (and) you haven’t obtained in any bother in any respect,” Robinson stated, in line with the Richland Supply.
Kellenberger additionally agreed to completely give up her instructing license, chorus from having any future contact with the sufferer, and spend 5 years on parole upon her launch from jail.
On the time the abuse began in February 2020, Kellenberger’s sufferer was simply 13 years outdated, with the instructor beginning to have intercourse with the woman after she turned 14 and persevering with till she turned 16.
Kellenberger was placed on paid administrative depart in February 2024 after her abuse got here to mild.
Throughout her sentencing, she apologized to her sufferer, who additionally labored as a babysitter for her daughter.
“I do know that in this time, you have been only a baby and I used to be an grownup able of belief. I’m liable for the whole lot that occurred between us,” Kellenberger stated.
“I put you able that no 14- or 15-year-old ought to ever need to be in. I’m so sorry for the entire emotional ache and damage that I’ve brought about you. I hope that my responsible pleas and this sentence will present some extent of closure for you as you progress on together with your life.”
She additionally took the time to apologize to her younger daughter.
“I deeply remorse the place that I’ve put all of them in and the influence that it will have on my baby,” Kellenberger stated.
“I absolutely settle for the implications of my actions and the sentence that I will probably be receiving as we speak.”
