Ex-Phoenix teacher's aide sentenced in sex case

May 8, 2012, 3:43 pm


PHOENIX (AP) — A former Phoenix teacher's aide accused in a sex abuse case involving two 14-year-old male students has been sentenced to probation.

Maricopa County prosecutors say 21-year-old Gabriela Compton was sentenced Tuesday to three terms of lifetime probation with sex offender terms for three counts of sex abuse.

Compton was indicted in April 2011 on three counts each of sexual abuse and sexual conduct with a minor and one count of furnishing obscene or harmful items to minors.

Prosecutors say she entered into a plea agreement. Compton could have faced a prison sentence of at least 39 years if she was convicted on all seven counts.

Compton was a special-education instructional aide at Western Valley Middle School. She was put on administrative leave in March 2011 and resigned soon afterward.

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