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A teacher who was once named 'rookie of the year' has admitted having sex with a 14-year-old student in her car after he finished basketball practice.
Brittiny Lopez-Murray, 33, taught at Hialeah Middle School in Miami-Dade County and was discovered to have had a lengthy relationship with the teenager before her crime finally being uncovered.
It has been revealed that the pair would often meet up in various locations to have sex in Lopez-Murray's motor. She would often pick him up from basketball practice before having sex in the car.
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The teacher was also found to be messaging the teenager during the school holidays where she talked about 'her feelings towards him'.
Other texts seen between the pair also showed how 'how much they enjoyed the sex with each other.'
They would also meet up for coffee dates before making their way to the teacher's car to have sex.
According to an affidavit seen by NBC6 Lopez-Murray "groomed, enticed, encouraged the victim to send child pornography images by writing things such as, 'perfect, and yum.'"
The relationship between the student and teacher was eventually discovered after the boy's sister found an array of explicit texts and pictures exchanged between the pair.
The boy's father also discovered nude pictures of the teacher on his son's phone.
Lopez-Murray who was named 'rookie teacher of the year' in 2017 had no previous disciplinary history.
She pleaded guilty to a string of charges including "lewd and lascivious battery, molestation of a child and electronic transmission harmful to minors' and will now have to register as a sex offender as well as being sentenced to two years of community control and ten years of probation.
A statement made by the Miami-Dade Public Schools board said they were "saddened and disappointed" by Lopez-Murray's conduct.
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They continued: "'The District takes great measures to ensure our students are educated in safe learning environments,
All employees receive training and are expected to abide by the District's Standards of Ethical Conduct policy. It is unfortunate that despite our efforts, the actions of some individuals run contrary to the behaviour that is expected of them. "
The legal age of consent in Florida is 18 years old.
Following her plea, she was sentenced to two years of community control and ten years of probation. She will also have to register as a sex offender.
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