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Updated: 7:04 PM Jul 17, 2008
Teacher Caught in Act with Student Will Not Have to Register as Sex Offender
Former Manhattan teacher Katherine Harder was sentenced to one year probation Thursday on an amended charge of Aggravated Endangering of a Child. Her original charge was Unlawful Sexual Relations. Posted: 4:13 PM Jul 17, 2008Reporter: 13 News |
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MANHATTAN, Kan. - Katherine Harder, 31, appeared for arraignment and sentencing in the Pottawatomie County District Court Thursday.
Harder was found by police in a parked car with a 17-year-old student near Tuttle Creek Dam March 26, 2008.
Harder pled no contest to an amended count of Aggravated Endangering of a Child. The amended count is a level 9 person felony.
Harder was found guilty and sentenced to 6 months with the Dept. of Corrections. She was granted immediate probation for a period of 12 months.
The amended charge was more severe then the charge of Unlawful Sexual Relations, but does not require registration pursuant to the Offender Registration Act, however, the charge cannot be expunged.
The Pottawatomie County Attorney's office says this resolution was reached after extensive discussions involving the victim and his family, the state and the defendant and her attorney.
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That is so wrong. What 1 yr probation that is bs. I am a woman and if that was a man it would be a alot longer.Who her attorney he will make alot of money stickin up for people like that MALE/FEMALE doesnt matter. Looks like home school should be the way to go your kids will be safer.
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If it would have been a MALE teacher the punishment probably would have been more severe.
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Oh so he was 17 that makes it OK!! She may not have forced him but in my eyes she was supposed to be a role model not a nude model. And what if next time they are younger than 17? Could it have been prevented if she WAS registerd??
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