Former “teacher of the year” to be convicted of sexual crimes in which minors are involved

Chula Vista, California (CNS) – A former teacher at the Lincoln Acres Elementary School in National City, who was once recognized as one of the best educators of San Diego County, is to be sentenced to state prison on Friday.

According to the prosecutor, Jacqueline Ma, 36, had cultivated two boys and entered a sexual relationship with one of the boys who started at the age of 12.

Ma, who was one of the 2022 “Teachers of the Year” in San Diego County, was arrested in early 2023 and is expected to be sentenced to 30 years in the state prison. Before that, up to a potential prison sentence of 165 years to life, she had guilty for four charges for sex crimes, including lustful acts for a child and the possession of affairs that represent a minor sexual behavior.

The police were first alarmed after the mother reported one of the victims that she had found news between her son and MA.

During a preliminary hearing at the Chula Vista Superior Court, the Detective Colleen Stanich said that MA instructed the boys – referred to in court as John Doe 1 – to delete some of the messages or to communicate with it in “Vanish mode” so that the news would finally disappear.

The detective said she later spoke to MA about her connection to the boy and Ma said to her: “It is complicated and I could blur the lines.”

A subsequent search for MAS MAYS revealed numerous text messages in a hidden application.

Many of these messages described sex files between MA and the boy, while other explicit photos of John Doe 1 included, Stanich said. In other messages, Ma described that he was in love with John Doe 1 and was sad that her relationship would not take and that he would finally start meeting girls his age.

MA was originally charged exclusively in connection with John Doe 1, but the public prosecutor later added additional charges for a second boy who was referred to as John Doe 2.

At the preliminary hearing, the public prosecutor claimed that MA had exchanged a number of sexually charged text messages with John Doe 2 that had started from 11 years.

John Doe 2 informed the police that he and Ma had developed a “plan” for him to meet them in their classroom, Stanich said. When he entered the classroom, Ma took off her shirt and “tried to get close to him”, but the boy left the classroom because he was afraid, said the detective.

Stanich said that both boys cultivated gifts, including clothing and games in connection with games.

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