3dGameMan
12-04-2004, 09:40 AM
Police say teacher "wed' 14-year-old girl in pagan ritual: ~source (http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw108129_20041203.htm)
December 3, 2004, 1:07 PM
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) -- A teacher and a 14-year-old former student whom she is accused of sexually assaulting participated in witchcraft together and even "wed" in a pagan ritual, police said.
Elizabeth Miklosovic, 36, a teacher at South Haven's Baseline Middle School, was arraigned Thursday in South Haven District Court on a Van Buren County charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
If convicted, Miklosovic faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. She was ordered held on $100,000 bond and remained in the county jail Friday.
Also Thursday, the Kent County prosecutor's office issued arrest warrants for Miklosovic on charges of first- and second-degree criminal sexual conduct that accuse her of performing illegal sex acts with the female student at the teacher's Grand Rapids home.
Miklosovic lives with another woman and their adopted son, authorities said.
The student told a classmate about the relationship and the classmate told school officials, who placed the seventh-grade language arts teacher on leave from her job. Miklosovic has worked for South Haven Public Schools for three years.
The student told Michigan State Police that she and Miklosovic had about five sexual encounters from June to October in the teacher's home, a park in Van Buren County and a state park in Manistee County.
Although the girl was in Miklosovic's class in the past, the sexual contact did not occur until this year, authorities said.
Miklosovic has no previous criminal record in Michigan, state police records showed.
Her next scheduled appearance in the South Haven court will be a preliminary examination conference on Dec. 13. ...
December 3, 2004, 1:07 PM
SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. (AP) -- A teacher and a 14-year-old former student whom she is accused of sexually assaulting participated in witchcraft together and even "wed" in a pagan ritual, police said.
Elizabeth Miklosovic, 36, a teacher at South Haven's Baseline Middle School, was arraigned Thursday in South Haven District Court on a Van Buren County charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
If convicted, Miklosovic faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. She was ordered held on $100,000 bond and remained in the county jail Friday.
Also Thursday, the Kent County prosecutor's office issued arrest warrants for Miklosovic on charges of first- and second-degree criminal sexual conduct that accuse her of performing illegal sex acts with the female student at the teacher's Grand Rapids home.
Miklosovic lives with another woman and their adopted son, authorities said.
The student told a classmate about the relationship and the classmate told school officials, who placed the seventh-grade language arts teacher on leave from her job. Miklosovic has worked for South Haven Public Schools for three years.
The student told Michigan State Police that she and Miklosovic had about five sexual encounters from June to October in the teacher's home, a park in Van Buren County and a state park in Manistee County.
Although the girl was in Miklosovic's class in the past, the sexual contact did not occur until this year, authorities said.
Miklosovic has no previous criminal record in Michigan, state police records showed.
Her next scheduled appearance in the South Haven court will be a preliminary examination conference on Dec. 13. ...