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Police Arrest 2 California Teachers for Having Sex with Students at Beach Party

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(Photo : REUTERS/Michael Fiala) Nicki Sparks performs during the "True Grit!" beach burn in Monterey, California, December 7, 2013.

Instead of being role models to their students, two female California teachers preferred being sex tutors and this has led to their arrest.

The New York Daily News identifies the teachers alleged to have sex with male students during an unauthorized beach party in Orange County in December as 38-year-old Melody Lippert and 30-year-old Michelle Ghirelli. The two are teachers at South Hills High School.

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They were arrested over the weekend due to allegations that they seduced male students at the overnight campout beach party which was not sanctioned by the school.

Covina-Valley Unified School District officials learned of the event and informed the West Covina Police Department.  

Lippert will not face sex charges since the male student she had sex with was not a minor. She would be charged instead with conspiracy and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Lippert appears to prefer students as sex partners since she also allegedly had sex with another student at another party in November.

The charges against Ghirelli are oral copulation and unlawful sex with a minor.

Their arraignment is scheduled next week. The two had been placed on paid administrative leave, said Michelle Van Der Linden, school district spokeswoman.

NBC LA reports that it is the second allegation of sex between teachers and students from the same school within the same week.

On January 7, police arrested a 29-year-old part-time wrestling coach of the girls' team who was accused of having inappropriate contact with a minor. The coach was identified as Anthony Vidales, who allegedly had sex with a 17-year-old student from South Hills.


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