ST. PAUL, MN — A former substitute teacher at a St. Paul charter school is admitting to sexually assaulting a 17-year-old student in a classroom.
Caitlin Thao pleaded guilty to fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct in Ramsey County Court. The plea deal calls for the female defendant to serve no more than six months in jail, be placed on probation, complete a psychosexual examination, and register as a predatory offender.
Prosecutors say a teenage boy told police on March 13 that the two had a sexual encounter about 1.5 months earlier in an otherwise empty middle school classroom where Thao taught.
Sentencing is set for September 10.
