A New York City teacher is facing two-and-a-half decades behind bars after she was convicted of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student at the special needs school where she taught.
Sandy Carazas-Pinez, 36, was sentenced to 25 years in prison and five years supervised release last week, The New York Post reported.
The married mother of three reportedly had the affair from November 2022 to February 2023, singling out the boy for attention and then arranging sexual encounters at locations across the Bronx, Yonkers – where the Biondi School is located – and Staten Island. She also forced the youth to stream “sexually explicit conduct” on video calls, calling them “gifts,” a statement from the U.S. attorney’s office said.
Carazas-Pinez, of Bethel, Connecticut, directed the youth to obtain day passes from school so they could meet up for sex. She also asked him repeatedly to delete sexually explicit photographs and messages after they were viewed. She was terminated by the school in March of 2023.
