Lafave said very little. Lafave will remain a registered sex offender for the rest of her life. The judge noted that Lafave can never teach school again in Florida.
Now a judge is ending her probation four years early.
Hillsborough Circuit Judge Wayne S. Timmerman granted Lafave's request today, saying she successfully fulfilled her house arrest and the majority of her time on probation.
Prosecutors said they would appeal Timmerman's decision, arguing the plea agreement explicitly stated Lafave's probation could not be terminated early. Lafave's attorney, John Fitzgibbons, said that as an engaged mother of twin boys Lafave hopes to put the criminal sentence behind her and move on with life. Lafave didn't comment.
Assistant State Attorney Mike Sinacore said the victim's family opposed her being taken off probation. The prosecutor said a plea agreement had been reached and the judge has changed the terms of the agreement by allowing Lafave to end her probation early.
Lafave, a former English teacher at Greco Middle School, was arrested in June 2004 after the 14-year-old boy's mother called police to report Lafave was having sex with him.
In the terms of Lafave's original deal with prosecutors, signed on Nov. 22, 2005, she was to serve three years of house arrest, then seven years of probation. Three years ago, Lafave asked Circuit Judge J. Rogers Padgett to commute her remaining months on house arrest to probation, as was allowed by her plea deal. In October 2009, Timmerman ruled Lafave could again have unsupervised contact with children, citing Lafave had completed court-ordered sex offender therapy.
Probation ended four years early today for Debra Lafave after the judge heard arguments that she has been a model citizen since she was placed on house arrest.
Back in 2005, Debra Lafave made a deal with prosecutors. Lafave's attorney, John Fitzgibbons, argued that his client's circumstances have changed since the sentencing.
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