Former Colorado teacher’s aide charged with sex crimes against minor students
Jerica Enriquez, 24, a former teacher’s aide at Jefferson Junior High School in Greeley, Colorado, is looking at charges of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust, obscenity to a minor and enticement of a child. According to court documents shared by Fox News, Enriquez allegedly had sex with and sent sexually explicit photos to one 14-year-old boy. She is also accused of having intimate contact with a sixth-grade student. Enriquez was arrested on Sunday, July 15. The Greeley Tribune reported that Enriquez waived her right to a preliminary hearing in court on July 17 while negotiating a plea arrangement with prosecutors.
Court documents state that the former teacher’s aide kissed a 14-year-old student and also offered to have sex with him. “The boy later told police they did not actually have sex,” according to Fox. The incidents allegedly occurred from 2015 – 2016 at Prairie Heights Middle School in Evans, Colorado.
According to the affidavit for Enriquez’s arrest, both cases came during her time as a teacher’s aide in 2015 and 2016. Enriquez allegedly had sex with a 14-year-old student in the fall of 2016 and later sent a picture of herself naked to the same student, in addition to a photo of a negative pregnancy test, according to prosecutors. ~ per Fox News
The first case against her involves her allegedly kissing a 14-year-old middle school student and offering to have sex with him around December 2015. During that investigation, the 14-year-old boy told the cops, “he thought the request was weird, and wanted her to stop talking to him,” according to Fox. Later that school year Enriquez allegedly offered to drive the boy home from school and told the boy that no-one would catch them. “The boy told prosecutors she also sent him two photographs of herself, with one of her in her bra and panties, and the other one of her naked,” according to Fox.
Enriquez is scheduled to be back in court on September 21. She is expected to enter pleas in both of the cases against her at that time. For the first incident involving the 14-year-old, she was charged with sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust and obscenity to a minor. In the case involving the sixth-grader, she was charged with enticement of a child for the act of kissing him and sending him sexually explicit photos.
Written by: Ace News Today Staff
