Crime & Safety

Plainfield Teacher Set to Plead to Parking Lot Sex Tryst With HS Boy

The lawyer for a former Plainfield North physical education teacher says she is ready to plead guilty next month.

More than two years after she was allegedly caught in a parked car with a teenage boy she'd just had sex with, a former Plainfield North High School teacher will plead guilty, her attorney said Monday.

Ashley Blumenshine, 29, was arrested in January 2011 after Plainfield police caught her in the parking lot of the Kohl's on Route 59 with a 16-year-old Plainfield North student.

Both Blumenshine and the teen reportedly admitted to the police that they had just had sex and were involved in an ongoing sexual relationship.

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Blumenshine has been free on bond since the day after her arrest. On Monday morning, her attorney, George Lenard, told Will County Judge Edward Burmila that Blumenshine is ready to make a deal.

Blumenshine will be back in court for the plea on April 8, said Lenard, who declined to discuss the details of the agreement.

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Blumenshine attended the brief Monday morning hearing but did not speak.

Blumenshine taught physical education and dance at Plainfield North until resigning in the wake of the January 2011 sex scandal. She was also a coach for the girls' golf and gymnastics teams.


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