Overview
- Colleen Jo Matarico, 44, was sentenced Monday in Los Angeles to 10 years in prison for sexually abusing a 13-year-old student.
- She pleaded no contest to two counts of lewd acts with a child under 14, and prosecutors dropped six other felony charges.
- The judge issued a no-contact order that bars any communication with the victim, including through third parties or online.
- Deputy District Attorney Ariel Anson cited Instagram messages in which Matarico professed love and called the boy “her crystal meth,” and filings alleged she gave him marijuana and planned to leave her husband for him.
- Matarico taught at John Burroughs Middle School for 25 years and had already served 616 days in Los Angeles County jail before sentencing.