Teacher charged with unlawful sex with teenage student

Amy Beck

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Story Created: Mar 9, 2010 at 4:55 PM PST

Story Updated: Mar 9, 2010 at 8:07 PM PST

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BURBANK -- A 33-year-old Burbank middle school teacher accused of having sex with a teenage male student over a six-month period last year was charged Tuesday with unlawful sex with a minor.

Amy Victoria Beck, a teacher at David Starr Jordan Middle School, is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday in Burbank Superior Court on four counts of unlawful sex with a person under 16 and one count of oral copulation with a person under 16, according to the District Attorney's Office.

If convicted, she faces up to seven years in state prison, officials said.

Beck surrendered at the police station on Monday afternoon, accompanied by her attorney, according to Burbank police Sgt. Robert Quesada.

"She said she had sexual relations with one of her students,'' Quesada said.

Police interviewed the boy "and confirmed that the acts did occur'' between March and September of last year, the sergeant said.

The boy was 14 at the time the alleged sexual activity began, and he is now 15, Quesada said. His name was not released.

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vanman said on Wednesday, Mar 10 at 11:34 AM

Darn it where were these teachers when I was in school.

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Anonymous said on Wednesday, Mar 10 at 7:43 AM

The ex PRINCIPAL was charged with 18 counts of lewd acts with children under 14-15 and just accepted a plea bargain to 4 counts, 1 year jail, 5 years probation. She will probably walk...what a mockery of the justice system

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