Teacher charged in sexual liaison with teen
Heather L. Zeo, who taught at North Penn High School in Lansdale, was charged today with having sex with a 17 year-old student and sending sexually explicit internet and phone messages to another student, also 17.
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Heather L. Zeo, who taught at North Penn High School in Lansdale, was charged today with having sex with a 17 year-old student and sending sexually explicit internet and phone messages to another student, also 17.
The 37-year-old Warrington mother of three was arraigned in Lansdale district court on charges of endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors. She posted bail of $25,000 and was scheduled for a hearing on June 3.
Police said the 11th and 12th grade teacher used Facebook to contact the students, one earlier in the school year and one in April. The more recent one said that after he got a "friend request" from Zeo, they kissed and touched during her prep period in her classroom six or seven times, according to police.
They progressed to having sex in her minivan in a Montgomery County shopping center, according to the police complaint.
The couple continued having sex at various locations in the township and at school up until the middle of May, said Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman.
Earlier in the year, police said, Zeo contacted the other teen through Facebook and told him that she would have sex with him if they were alone together and invited him to her classroom, but he never went. He told authorities they had five or sex sexually explicit conversations.
The school district contacted police after being tipped off to Zeo and the student last month, Ferman said. Zeo, who has worked at the district since 2001, was suspended last week, said a spokeswoman.
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