Debra Lafave in hot water again...you decide!!

In Hillsborough, Fla, Debra Lafave, a former middle school teacher who was arrested and convicted of having sex with a fourteen year-old boy in 05' was re-arrested for "inappropriate but non-sexual contact" with a teenage co-worker. This contact with a seventeen year-old female co-worker at a local restaurant was a violation of Debra's probation as the girl said "it was mainly girl talk about family problems, high school, personal life, boyfriend issues, and sexual issues in private conversations and as part of a group setting." Although I don't condone the actions of Ms. Lafave's past, this arrest seems to be a bit pre-mature. If she was caught trolling for boys or trying to solicit sex, yes, then by all means arrest her. But generally as an older person working in an environment with younger co-workers, advice may be sought out by them, this has been my experience. Read

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[Danny Vice]

While I'm normally rather unrelenting when it comes to child exploitation of any kind, this new case is ridiculous.

Those on parole are normally expected to report employment changes to the parole officer, especially while under house arrest. Since officials in this case were aware of Debra's employment, part of the blame belongs to them. Maybe all of it.

Just about everyone knows that restaurants regularly recruit teenagers to staff their establishments. How does one work side by side with a minor without establishing contact?

Restauraunt employees are expected to communicate and work as a team. Waitresses, hostesses, kitchen employees and management are always communicating with each other in order to expedite hot food and cleanliness expectations of the customer.

This case is a sham, as it would appear at this point that parole officials are either dumber than a rock, unrealistic in their expectations, or simply fell asleep at the wheel.

The Parole Officer could have rejected this employment arrangement altogether, knowing that contact with minors was an unrealistic expectation of this kind of employment. Instead, thousands upon thousands of tax dollars will be spent prosecuting a case where the arrangements were dubious from the start.

Danny Vice
The Weekly Vice
http://weeklyvice.blogspot.com

[jasen G]

Thank you for your comments, I too reflect your stance from A-Z. Why didn't her parole officers/parole board not allow her from the very beginning to work in a restaurant? This entire mess would never have happened, especially since prior to this so-called incident, there hadn't been a single violation. Just another example of city government ineptitude and the struggling taxpayer having to pay for it, give me a friggin' break!