27-year-old Stephanie Peterson, a former New Smyrna Beach Middle School teacher facing up to 10 years in prison, filed a motion seeking a lighter sentence.
Her attorneys cited, among other reasons, that the 14-year-old victim was “a willing participant.”
Peterson pleaded guilty to lewd and lascivious battery sex act with a child, a second-degree felony, and electronic transmission of material harmful to minors, a third-degree felony. Read the full story here ▶
