Former Akron school teacher pleads guilty to having sex with student
Updated: Mar. 23, 2018 at 2:41 PM EDT
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh said a former female teacher at Buchtel High School in Akron has pleaded guilty to having sex with a student.
Laura Cross, 37, Tallmadge pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual battery, these are felonies of the third degree.
Walsh said in 2014 Cross began a three-year sexual relationship with the 16-year-old student.
The student was living with Cross, according to Walsh.
Prosecutors said Cross was the student's legal guardian.
Cross and the student had a child together, according to Walsh.
She will be sentenced at 3 p.m. on May 24.
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