Teacher who fled with student seeks plea deal
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Posted: Thursday, March 06, 2008
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By OSKAR GARCIA
Associated Press Writer
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The lawyer for a teacher accused of having sex with a former student and fleeing to Mexico says he wants to get the federal case against her dropped in exchange for her pleading guilty to state charges of statutory rape.
Kelsey Peterson of Lexington faces a federal charge of crossing a border to have sex with a minor.
James Martin Davis, who represents the 26-year-old former teacher, said Thursday in U.S. District Court here that if he can't settle the federal case, he wants the court to order the boy's mother to be deposed.
Martin says Peterson told him that the boy's mother advised them on the logistics of their trip.
The pair left Lexington in late October and were found in Mexico a week later.
Eds: APNewsNow. Will be led. Peterson age CQ 26.
By OSKAR GARCIA
Associated Press Writer
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The lawyer for a teacher accused of having sex with a former student and fleeing to Mexico says he wants to get the federal case against her dropped in exchange for her pleading guilty to state charges of statutory rape.
Kelsey Peterson of Lexington faces a federal charge of crossing a border to have sex with a minor.
James Martin Davis, who represents the 26-year-old former teacher, said Thursday in U.S. District Court here that if he can't settle the federal case, he wants the court to order the boy's mother to be deposed.
Martin says Peterson told him that the boy's mother advised them on the logistics of their trip.
The pair left Lexington in late October and were found in Mexico a week later.
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