Northern California trainer sentenced for having intercourse with Eighth-grade scholar on commencement day

A Northern California trainer was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for having sex along with her 14-year-old scholar in a classroom on the day of his commencement, prosecutors mentioned.

Michelle Christine Solis, 46, pleaded no contest to having unlawful sex with an eighth-grade scholar in April beneath a plea deal wherein a cost of distributing dangerous materials was dropped.

The investigation started in October 2023 when rumors swirled by way of the Butte County metropolis of Gridley about college students having specific images of Solis. Solis, an educator for 20 years, was a trainer at Sycamore Junior Excessive College within the Gridley Unified College District.

Gridley police realized by way of their investigation that Solis “friended” the sufferer on Instagram whereas educating him in June 2021 and commenced messaging him within the weeks main as much as the commencement. She despatched him 4 specific images of herself earlier than having intercourse with him on commencement day, prosecutors said.

Prosecutors in courtroom mentioned Solis dealt with the boy with “particular remedy” in class and directed the sufferer to delete their “communications,” in response to a information launch.

Solis shall be required to register as a intercourse offender and was ordered to avoid the boy for 10 years.