What to Know
- NJ middle school teacher is facing sexual misconduct charges after being accused of having inappropriate contact with teen, prosecutors say
- Stephanie Carafa, 32, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and aggravated criminal sexual contact
- A probe by prosecutors and the Lodi Police Department allegedly revealed Carafa engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with a teen
A New Jersey middle school teacher is facing sexual misconduct charges after being accused of having inappropriate contact with a teen, prosecutors say.
Stephanie Carafa, 32, of Lodi, was arrested Saturday and charged with one count of endangering the welfare of a child in the second degree and one count aggravated criminal sexual contact a third degree crime.
The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office says that the Lodi Police Department received information Friday that Carafa, a teacher at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, allegedly exchanged explicit photographs and videos with a 16-year-old teen.
A subsequent investigation by the prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit and the Lodi Police Department allegedly revealed Carafa engaged in inappropriate sexual conduct with a student under the age of 16, prosecutors say.
Attorney information for Carafa was not immediately known.
Carafa is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 2.
