Police: Female teacher had sex relationship with 16-year-old male student
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York, PA - A 39-year-old female teacher was arrested Thursday and charged with having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old male student, according to Northern York County Regional Police.
Kimberly Jo Larkin, 39, of the 200 block of Forrest Drive, Gettysburg, was charged with institutional sexual assault, corruption of minors and furnishing alcohol to minors. She was a teacher at the Paradise School for Boys in Paradise Township.
Larkin was arrested early Thursday morning at her home by Northern York County Regional Police and the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force, police said.
She was arraigned by District Justice Gerald E. Shoemaker, and later posted $25,000 bail.
Larkin gave the boy - whose identity is being withheld - alcohol and marijuana, in addition to engaging in numerous sexual encounters with him, police said. She also allowed him to handle handguns and drive her car without a license, according to court documents.
Police began their investigation in July after being contacted by the school and spoke with the boy, who gave them details of dates, locations and times where the acts took place. Sexual encounters between the two began in May, court documents state.
The boy gave investigators a cell phone Larkin gave him so she could call him frequently "while minimizing her chance of discovery to facilitate and advance the relationship," police said.
Paradise School offers a multidimensional program, including residential treatment for boys age 12 to 17 who are referred there by juvenile probation, according to information on its website. It also offers academic instruction and vocational instruction.
Joe Aponick, spokesman for the Diocese of Harrisburg, said the Paradise School is operated by Catholic Charities, a nonprofit serving the diocese, and has been in existence for about 100 years.
Larkin taught at the school but was employed by Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12, he said.
Michael Thew, executive director at Lincoln Intermediate Unit, said that as soon as the allegations were made, Larkin was suspended pending the outcome of the investigation and any criminal charges. He declined to comment otherwise.
Aponick said the student was a resident at Paradise School but completed his programming at the end of last school year and then went into foster care, outside the jurisdiction of Paradise School and Catholic Charities.
Aponick said he believes that is when the alleged relationship took place.
Staff writer Rebecca LeFever contributed to this report.
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