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DA: Teacher from LI admits to statutory rape of student

Melissa Weber, 27, of West Babylon, is escorted

Photo credit: News 12 (left); Facebook.com (right) | Melissa Weber, 27, of West Babylon, is escorted out of a police precinct, left. Weber pleaded guilty in 2009 to the statutory rape of a 14-year-old student.

A West Babylon woman pleaded guilty Tuesday to statutory rape after she admitted having sex with a 14-year-old student in the Queens classroom where she is a middle schoolteacher, the Queens district attorney's office said.

Melissa Weber, 27, was caught when the boy's mother heard rumors and found hundreds of text messages and calls between the two, authorities said.

"The defendant's...

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