Angela Stellwag

We first heard about Angela Stellwag in 2006, the former substitute teacher has finally pleaded guilty to one count of sexual assault. Looks like the judge is considering sentencing her to 6 years in prison, but will wait for the final decision until after he receives the pre-sentence reports.  In addition to the prison sentence she will have to register as a sex offender, and will have restrictions on where she can live and work.

In exchange for her plea, three other counts of sexual assault and a count of endangering the welfare of a child will be dismissed, said Michael Luciano, a Burlington County assistant prosecutor.

Stellwag’s long-delayed trial on all the charges was scheduled to start today with jury selection. She had previously rejected the prosecutor’s plea offers. If convicted on all charges, she could have faced decades in prison.

In court Monday, Stellwag, through questioning from defense attorney John Sitzler, acknowledged that she met the 14-year-old while she was a substitute teacher at the Beverly City School in 2004. She admitted that during the last week in August 2004, after the boy had graduated from the school, she had sexual intercourse with him at her apartment.

Via PhillyBurbs

Angela Stellwag is a 26 year old former substitute teacher from Beverly City and Riverside School District in Pennsylvania. She’s charged with four counts of sexual assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child:

Stellwag, whose father, Joseph, is the mayor of Delran, could not be reached for comment yesterday. Neither could her father.

Prosecutors allege that Stellwag, then 24, and the teen had sexual contact between July 4 and Sept. 30, 2004, at her home and in her car at various locations in Edgewater Park.

Officials would not say how the alleged relationship had come to the attention of police.

Stellwag met the teen in 2003 while teaching in Beverly City, which sends its students to the high school in Riverside. Riverside hired Stellwag in October 2004.

She has been free since February 2005, when she posted $20,000 bail after her arrest. She faces a maximum of 45 years in prison if convicted of all counts.

So yeah, she’s the mayor’s daughter.