by DAVE O'BRIEN / RECORD-COURIER REPORTER

A former Aurora City Schools substitute teacher has pleaded guilty to having sexual contact with one of her male students in spring 2011. 

Mary E. Schnell, 25, recently pleaded guity to one count of sexual battery, a third-degree felony, in Portage County Common Pleas Judge Laurie Pittman’s courtroom in Ravenna. A jury trial was scheduled to begin Jan. 31.

A second count of third-degree felony sexual battery was dismissed on a motion by the Portage County Prosecutor’s Office following plea negotiations. Sentencing is up to Pittman, who ordered a pre-sentence investigation by the Portage County Adult... 0 comments  Read Story


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