A female teacher has been accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old male student at the same Arizona high school where another teacher allegedly committed a similar crime seven months earlier.
Alyssa Todd, 23, was arrested for “inappropriate contact” between her and a student, making her the second teacher in seven months to be arrested for a sex crime at the Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies High School in Buckeye.
In mid-September, 42-year-old teacher Jessica Kramer was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old male student at the same school.
And in October, a 23-year-old female teaching assistant, Diana Pirvu, was accused of “inappropriate contact” with a 13-year-old student at a nearby Buckeye high school, Imagine Schools.
Imagine Schools and the Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies are only six miles apart and about a twelve-minute walk from each other.
Alyssa Todd was reported to authorities by her husband, who suspected his wife was having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student
In September, Jessica Kramer, who taught at the same school as Todd-Odyssey Institute for Advanced and International Studies High School, was also accused of having sex with an underage male student.
Diana Pirvu, 23, was a teaching assistant at Imagine Schools, about six miles from the Odyssey Institute, and was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old male student
Todd’s arrest marked the third time Buckeye police have had to arrest a female teacher accused of having sexual contact with a minor in recent months.
Buckeye authorities were alerted to Todd’s relationship with the 15-year-old by her husband, who reportedly found stacks of letters between the teacher and student that were “sexual in nature.”
Todd’s husband also reportedly discovered more salacious messages on a laptop, leading him to conclude that a sexual relationship was taking place between his wife, who also coached at the school, and the student.
Investigators gathered evidence that the sexual abuse occurred on and off the school’s campus and that the relationship lasted two months.
Authorities took Todd into custody at her Buckeye home on Wednesday, during which time she reportedly admitted to investigators that she lied in her first interview because she was “so scared.”
During the course of her conversation with the 15-year-old, Todd reportedly told him she was leaving her husband for him.
Buckeye police have had to investigate three different female teachers accused of having inappropriate relationships with students
Diana Pirvu, a teaching assistant at Imagine Schools (pictured), was accused of ‘inappropriate contact’ with a 13-year-old male student
Alyssa Todd, 23, and Jessica Kramer, 42, were both accused of inappropriate relationships with underage male students at the same school
According to Arizona Family, Todd’s charges include: luring a minor for sexual exploitation, sexual exploitation of a minor, sexual conduct with a minor.
In September, Kramer, who taught at the same school as Todd, was indicted by a grand jury on multiple counts of sexual conduct with a minor.
The Odyssey Institute had received a tip about a possible relationship between Kramer and a male student, and the school passed the information on to Buckeye police, who promptly investigated the matter.
When their investigation was completed, police concluded that the alleged sexual abuse began around August 2022, just before Kramer left school.
The 42-year-old teacher was arrested at her home in Buckeye and placed behind bars at the Maricopa County Jail.
The prolific Buckeye Police Department’s third similar arrest involved 23-year-old Diana Pirvu, who was accused of having “inappropriate contact” with a 13-year-old male student.
In October, officers were contacted by one of the victim’s family members who suspected an illicit relationship between the boy and the Imagine Schools teaching assistant.
The Buckeye Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit searched Pirvu’s correspondence with the boy and reportedly discovered multiple incidents of child sex abuse that had occurred off campus.
Pirvu was picked up by authorities during a traffic stop near her home in Buckeye and was later interviewed by investigators.
She was booked into jail on one count of child molestation.
In a news release following the arrest, the Buckeye Police Department said, “The Buckeye Police Department is committed to holding offenders accountable, especially those responsible for caring for our most vulnerable community members.”
They concluded: ‘We continue our work to seek justice for victims of sex crimes and support them throughout the process.’