Caitlin Thao was a substitute teacher from Minnesota who is now on the run as she is accused of having sex with a seventeen year old student
According to police reports Caitlin Thao was employed at St Paul City School in Minnesota when she allegedly brought the seventeen year old student into a empty classroom where the two engaged in sexual activity
Caitlin Thao reportedly told an employee at a mental health facility about the illegal encounter which led to an investigation where the seventeen year old would admit to police regarding the sexual encounter. Apparently Thao wanted to take the student home however he would decline
Police would charge Caitlin Theo with third-degree criminal sexual conduct however she would disappear before she could be arrested and a nationwide warrant has been sent out
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A onetime substitute teacher at a St. Paul charter school has been charged with criminal sexual conduct for an alleged classroom incident involving a 17-year-old student.
Caitlin K. Thao, 24, of St. Paul was charged in Ramsey County District Court last week with third-degree criminal sexual conduct. The incident happened at St. Paul City School earlier this year.
A nationwide warrant has been issued for Thao’s arrest. Messages were left with Thao seeking her response to the allegations. Court records do not list an attorney.
Eric Fergen, interim executive director for the charter school on West University Avenue, said Friday that Thao “hasn’t worked with us for quite a few months.” Fergen declined to comment further.
According to the criminal complaint and a related court filing, the teenage boy told police on March 13 that the two had a sexual encounter about 1½ months earlier in an otherwise empty middle school classroom where Thao taught. Thao later invited the teen over to her home but he declined, according to the court documents.
After Thao resigned in late February, she reported the sexual conduct to a social worker while in the Regions Hospital mental health unit, according to the court documents.
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Caitlin Thao Pleads Guilty
A former part-time substitute teacher has entered a guilty plea for having sex with a 17-year-old student inside a St. Paul charter school.
Caitlin Thao, 24, was previously charged in Ramsey County with third-degree criminal sexual conduct. On Wednesday, she entered a guilty plea on an amended charge of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct.
As part of her plea deal, Thao agreed to serve no more than six months in jail, not have contact with the victim, register as a predatory offender and have a psychosexual evaluation. She’ll also need to serve probation.
Court documents state police began investigating Thao last February after complaints were made about “inappropriate” behavior toward students.
School officials informed police that the victim, who had been in an English language learner class that Thao worked in, said he had “shared a non-alcoholic drink” with her and “she may have messaged him on social media,” according to the criminal complaint. Thao resigned soon after.
In mid-March, the victim told police he had sex with Thao, whom he said had been “overly nice” to him and communicated with him over messenger apps. The complaint states the victim claimed Thao “called him handsome and would flirt with him,” and the victim flirted back “because she would buy stuff for him and his friends.”
The victim said the sexual encounter occurred inside a middle school classroom in February, according to the complain, and he alleged Thao later invited him to her residence for more sex when her husband was away, which the victim turned down.
The criminal complaint states Thao’s husband discovered what had happened in early March and contacted the victim’s mom. The next day, Thao allegedly admitted the sexual encounter to a Regions Hospital social worker.
Thao’s sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 10