Crime & Safety
Redlands Teacher Sex: Plea Deal Means One Year in County Jail, Attorney Says
Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst, 28, of Redlands appeared in San Bernardino Superior Court to sign a plea deal Wednesday.
Reported by Patch Editors Guy McCarthy and Renee Schiavone:
A Redlands high school teacher who is accused of 41 sex felonies in connection with alleged relations she had with three former students, including one she conceived a baby with, appeared in a San Bernardino courtroom Wednesday, to sign a plea deal.
Whitehurst's defense attorney, James R. Gass of Redlands, told Patch this plea deal means the woman will have to serve one year in county jail.
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