By MCT Information Services
The Pocono Record
Originally published December 20, 2011
A former Allen High School teacher wept in anguish Tuesday as a Lehigh County judge shocked the woman and her supporters by sending her to state prison for having sex with a 17-year-old student on prom weekend.
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| Ms. Marvelli |
Gabrielle Suzanne Marvelli, 39, of Quakertown looked stunned as Judge Maria L. Dantos sentenced her to nine months to five years in state prison. About 15 friends and family members cried and shook their heads as Marvelli, who had been free on bail, was led off to prison. Marvelli wept loudly.
"You violated everything that a teacher is supposed to be," Dantos told Marvelli moments before issuing the sentence.
Marvelli had been seeking probation. Instead she got the maximum sentence under the law.
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The student, a senior who Marvelli had previously taught, was a week shy of his 18th birthday and Marvelli was on the staff at Allen when the tryst occurred.
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