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		</div><h6><span style="color: #1f1b1b;"><strong>Married high school teachers Nicodemo and Ruth Baggetta of of Greenfield Township, Pa., are found guilty of sexually abusing a 16-year-old student for two years</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #1f1b1b;"><strong>Nicodemo, 30, and his 39-year-old wife were convicted on all counts by a jury on Wednesday in Scranton, Pennsylvania </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #1f1b1b;"><strong>Jury found the couple guilty of sexually abusing the 16-year-old girl for two years after only 90 minutes of deliberation</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #1f1b1b;"><strong>The victim, now aged 19, testified during the trial that she was sexually abused by Nicodemo more than 20 times from the age of 16 </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #1f1b1b;"><strong>Nicodemo&#8217;s wife knew about the abuse, encouraged it and later participated in sexual acts, teen testified</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #1f1b1b;"><strong>She shared the couple&#8217;s bed on several occasions, she said</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #1f1b1b;"><strong>Nicodemo was a special education teacher at Fell Charter School and Ruth was a music teacher at Lakeland School High School where the teen was a student </strong></span></h6>
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<h6><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone wp-image-322088" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Nicodemo-Baggetta-and-Ruth-Baggetta-2.png" alt="Nicodemo Baggetta and Ruth Baggetta 2" width="1030" height="591" /><strong>Married teachers <span style="color: var(--color-text);">Nicodemo Baggetta, 30, and his 39-year-old wife Ruth, seen [leaving their trial on Tuesday], both were convicted by a jury on Wednesday in Scranton, Pennsylvania of sexually abusing a 16-year-old high school student </span></strong></span></h6>
<p><span style="color: var(--color-text);">A married couple who are both teachers have been found guilty of sexually abusing a teenage student over a two-year period.</span></p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Nicodemo Baggetta, 30, and his 39-year-old wife Ruth were convicted by a jury on Wednesday in Scranton, Pennsylvania.<br />
It took a jury in Lackawanna County about an hour and a half of deliberation to convict the husband and wife of child sex abuse charges. The couple, both teachers, were found guilty of all the charges against them.<br />
Ruth and Nick Baggetta of Greenfield Township were both taken into custody after the verdict was read Wednesday afternoon. They were both convicted of having a sexual relationship with a teen that lasted almost two years and started when the girl was 16.<br />
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<p>The victim, who is now 19, testified during the trial that she was sexually abused by Nicodemo more than 20 times from the age of 16, <a class="class" href="https://wnep.com/2019/06/19/husband-wife-teachers-convicted-of-child-sex-crimes/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">WNEP</a> reports.<br />
At the time, Nicodemo was a special education teacher at Fell Charter School and Ruth was a music teacher at Lakeland School High School where the teen was a student.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text);">The teenager said the abuse started when the Baggettas were engaged.</span></p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">She said it started as a close friendship but later turned sexual.<br />
The teenager told the jury that Nicodemo&#8217;s wife knew about the abuse, encouraged it and later participated in sexual acts.<br />
She told investigators early on that Ruth had allegedly consented to whatever sexual acts Nicodemo wanted so he could &#8216;get it out of his system&#8217; before the couple were married.<br />
Ruth said she knew her future husband was attracted to the girl and encouraged them to spend time together, according to court documents.<br />
The relationship ended in December 2017 and the couple were arrested in March 2018 when the student told a therapist about the abuse.</p>
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<h6><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone wp-image-322090" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Nicodemo-Baggetta-and-Ruth-Baggetta-4.png" alt="Nicodemo Baggetta and Ruth Baggetta 4" width="725" height="620" />Nicodemo [left] who has been fired from his teaching job, faces up to 22 years in prison. His wife [right], could be jailed for 29 years following the guilty verdict on Wednesday. She is currently suspended without pay from her post at Lakeland High School</span></strong></h6>
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<p>The trial boiled down to the word of the Baggettas against those of the now-19-year-old female complainant. Ultimately, jurors sided with the teen, convicting the couple of all the charges against them.<br />
Nick Baggetta was a teacher at Fell Charter School near Carbondale. Ruth Baggetta is suspended without pay from her job at Lakeland High School.<br />
The couple testified during their trial that their relationship with the teenager was close but that they were only trying to help her get over her mental health issues.<br />
They admitted that they let the teenager stay overnight at their house.<br />
The girl told police that she would sometimes sleep in the same bed as the couple.</p>
<p><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.wallstreet-forex.com/images/banners/wsfr_2_evolution_768x90_1.jpg?zoom=1.100000023841858&;w=620&;ssl=1" />Prosecutors said they were able to obtain text messages that showed the couple texted the girl about 80 times a day over several months.<br />
While the texts weren&#8217;t sexual, prosecutors argued during the trial that it wasn&#8217;t typical for a student and teacher to message so often.<br />
They were both found guilty of institutional sexual assault, endangering a welfare of a child, corruption of minor and furnishing alcohol to minors. Ruth was also found guilty of failing to report child abuse.<br />
Nicodemo was fired from his job following his arrest and Ruth was suspended, but with her conviction, the job status is likely to change<br />
Nicodemo faces up to 22 years in prison and his wife could be jailed for 29 years.</p>
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‘Instant justice!’ Married high school teachers in Scranton, GUILTY of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl for two years – Nicodemo and Ruth Baggetta both face over two decades in jail after jury convicted them within 90 minutes
