It took a Florida judge 11 seconds to rule that conversations former teacher Debra Lafave had with co-workers at the restaurant where she worked was not a willful nor substantial violation of her parole. Although the judge ruled that she had violated her probation, he also ruled it not significant enough to revoke that probation.
"Miss Lafave, the court finds that you are in violation of your community control. The court finds the violation was neither willful, nor substantial, and the court will not revoke your community control, but will continue on same," Judge J. Rogers Padget said.
Lafave will remain on community control, wearing a GPS monitoring device. She currently works as a receptionist at a hair salon.
Prosecutors argued forcefully for the judge to revoke Lafave's probation because she had been warned a year ago about having conversation with minors at work.
But Lafave's attorney described the conversations with the co-worker as little more than "girl talk" and "horsing around." He said Lafave has worked hard to stay within the bounds of the heavily restrictive community control requirements required by her probation.
Even the 17-year-old Lafave was accused of talking with told the probation officer that there was nothing at all inappropriate about the conversations they had at the restaurant over a two-year period.
The former Tampa teacher pleaded guilty in 2005 to two counts of lewd and lascivious behavior in a plea deal that sentenced her to three years community control. She was accused of having sex with one of her 14-year-old students.
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