A former paraprofessional from Colorado is now incarcerated after confessing to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old student, according to PEOPLE. In November, Imagine Kay Ewer, 28, pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a special education student. She received a four-year prison sentence. 

She was responsible for the care of this student at Brady Exploration School in Lakewood, as stated by the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, Ewer admitted to charges of sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust and contributing to the delinquency of a minor in the first degree, both of which are felonies. Following her four-year sentence, she will also be subjected to probation under the Sex Offender Intensive Supervision program for a period of ten years to life.

At the sentencing on Friday, January 31, the mother of the victim addressed to the court, stating,

“The defendant preyed on my son, leading him to believe she genuinely cared for him, all while exploiting him for money and manipulating him into thinking he was ‘the one,’”

according to the statement. In court, Special Victims Prosecutor Brynn Chase stated that Ewer introduced the victim to fentanyl, as mentioned in the statement. Ewer even told the victim

“to bring [a] gun to school and shoot another faculty member in the leg,”

Police launched an investigation to which they  found

“evidence of frequent sexual encounters, constant digital communication, inclusive of repeated derogatory remarks directed at the victim, and the introduction of drugs, alcohol, and weapons,”

it said. Ewer was employed by Jefferson County Public Schools from 2015 until 2023. She was arrested in January 2024. She is  charged with sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust; sexual exploitation of a child; unlawful electronic sexual communication; and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, online court records show.

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