Guilty! Maryann Verdi, Shady Hills, Florida (arrested Oct 2011)

TMP · Oct 27, 2011

Name: Maryann Verdi, 18809 Sugarberry Lane, Shady Hills, Florida

Age: 40

School: Sunlake High School (formerly taught at River Ridge High School)

Position: Teacher, literacy coach

Victim: Boy, 15

Maryann Verdi's current problems stem from allegations of sexual relations with an underage male student. I'll post some background information on earlier issues in the 1st response.

St. Petersburg Times (27 Oct 2011): Recently fired Pasco teacher arrested, accused of sex with student

St. Petersburg Times said:

"The defendant admitted to her boyfriend that she had sexual intercourse with a young student from a high school within Pasco County," the arrest report states.
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WTSP (27 Oct 2011): Pasco teacher accused of having sex with teen

A former Pasco County school teacher was arrested, charged with having sex with a 15-year-old boy in December 2009. 40-year-old Maryann Verdi is charged with lewd or lascivious battery and unlawful sexual activity with a minor. Investigators say Verdi recently had sex with the same teen again, who is now 17.
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ABC Action News (27 Oct 2011): Deputies: Former teacher charged for having sex with 15-year-old

UK Daily Mail (27 Oct 2011): Troubled teacher, 40, arrested for having sex with student, 15, at school and in her car

UK Daily Mail said:

A former high school teacher has been arrested for having sex with one of her students, at school and in her car. Police say she had sex with the boy when he was 15 in December 2009 when she worked at the school, and again recently in her car when he was 17.
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Central Florida News (27 Oct 2011): Former teacher accused of sex with teen

Central Florida News said:

Verdi has a troubled history with the Pasco County School District. She was moved from River Ridge High School to Sunlake High School following an arrest for domestic battery and battery on a law enforcement officer. The second chance at Sun Lake didn't work. According to the district, Verdi was late, didn't pay attention in meetings, smoked on campus and sent profanity-laced text messages to coworkers. She was suspended just before this school year began. Verdi resigned from the district on October 3rd, the same day detectives began investigating the allegations of sex with the student, something detectives say Verdi admitted to her boyfriend.
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Tampa Tribune (27 Oct 2011): Former Pasco teacher accused of having sex with student

Verdi's resignation from Sunlake High came after Superintendent Heather Fiorentino began termination proceedings against her. Verdi had been accused of using inappropriate language around students and using profanities in reference to fellow employees. Students in her classes also complained she spent instructional time talking about alcohol, drugs and her experiences in jail, Fiorentino wrote in a letter informing Verdi that she planned to recommend the school board fire the teacher.
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St. Petersburg Times (28 Oct 2011): Former Pasco teacher accused of having sex with student

St. Petersburg Times said:

Larry Wideman was furious when he discovered his girlfriend was involved with someone else. He followed the couple in his Chevy Astro van, rammed their car on County Line Road and banged his fists on the car window, authorities said. Inside that car: a suspended high school teacher named Maryann Verdi, 40, and a 17-year-old boy. Wideman was charged with domestic battery for that Sept. 29 incident, which also triggered a criminal investigation into Verdi's relationship with the teen. That investigation led to Verdi's arrest Wednesday on charges of lewd or lascivious battery and unlawful sexual activity with a minor.
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Pasco County Sheriff arrest information:

TMP · Oct 28, 2011

Background info on earlier issues ...

Sun Coast Pasco (29 March 2010): Pasco teacher accused of hitting husband, deputy

A River Ridge High School teacher was arrested Saturday and charged with domestic battery, battery on a law enforcement officer and resisting an officer with violence. Maryann Verdi, 39, of 8806 Torchwood Drive, was released Sunday on $4,250 bail. River Ridge High's Web site lists Verdi's position as literacy coach.
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St. Petersburg Times (30 March 2010): River Ridge High School teacher is accused of hitting Pasco deputy

St. Petersburg Times said:

A River Ridge High School teacher hit, poked and pulled the hair of a Pasco County Sheriff's Office deputy Saturday while being investigated for attacking her husband, deputies reported. Maryann Verdi, listed as a literacy coach, began arguing with her husband, Christopher Verdi, at their home...
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St. Petersburg Times (15 Sept 2011): Sunlake High teacher faces firing over foul language

St. Petersburg Times said:

Sunlake High School leaders have accused Verdi of using foul language with students, calling co-workers nasty names and talking about alcohol, drugs and jail during class time. Verdi joined the Sunlake staff in August after serving an unpaid suspension from her March 2010 arrest on charges of domestic battery and battery on a law enforcement officer. She taught at River Ridge High before the arrest, which stemmed from a fight with her husband. The charges were waived after she completed pretrial intervention.
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Bay News 9 (15 Sept 2011): Pasco high school teacher suspended without pay

Bay News 9 said:

According to Bay News 9's partner paper, the St. Petersburg Times, Maryann Verdi is accused of using foul language with students, calling coworkers nasty names and talking about alcohol, drugs and jail during class.
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St. Petersburg Times (21 Sept 2011): Pasco district says Sunlake teacher running out of last chances

St. Petersburg Times said:

When Maryann Verdi returned to teaching after a year on unpaid suspension, Pasco schools employee relations director Kevin Shibley laid down the law. ... Less than two weeks later, Verdi already was on the ropes.
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Web-Spook · Jun 8, 2021

Guilty - 2 years in the joint

October 1, 2013 - Tampa Bay Times: https://www.tampabay.com/news/court...sex-with-student-he-tries-to-move-on/2144871/

TMP · Aug 22, 2021

Web-Spook said: ↑

Guilty - 2 years in the joint

October 1, 2013 - Tampa Bay Times: https://www.tampabay.com/news/court...sex-with-student-he-tries-to-move-on/2144871/
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Thanks for the update:

Kathy felt sick when she read the text messages between her teenage son and former Pasco teacher Maryann Verdi. They were so sexually explicit she "wanted to throw up." Pasco deputies discovered the texts after a car crash involving the boy, then 17, and Verdi in 2011. They revealed a relationship spanning years, starting when the boy was 15. Kathy said Verdi introduced her son to drugs and left a deep scar on her family — one that's still healing. "She deserves to burn in hell," said Kathy, whose last name is not being used to avoid identifying her son. ...

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