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The
former teacher at Christian Brothers Academy pleaded not guilty Tuesday
in Albany County Court to three counts of third degree rape and a count
of performing a criminal sexual act in connection with alleged sexual
encounters with a 16-year-old student in May.
Sandra
“Beth” Geisel, 42, of Latham, was indicated by an
Albany County Grand Jury on Friday. She is accused of having sex with
the student on three times---one at her Latham home, once at his Ravena
home and once in the press box at the CBA campus.
The
charges are all felonies and if convicted, Geisel could face 1 1/3 to
four years in state prison on each count.
Geisel
will have until Nov. 1 to submit motions to the court. She is currently
incarcerated in the Albany County Jail where she was remanded after she
was arrested in August and charged with driving while intoxicated.
Geisel
had been free on the sex charges on $20,000 bail but her DWI arrest
violated the terms of her release and her bail was revoked. She has
remained in jail since that time.
Now
that the indictment has been handed up and Ms. Geisel has been
arraigned, it is expected that plea bargain negotiations will begin.
9-14-05
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