Ex-teacher waives felony to court in student custody case
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A former Pittsburgh elementary school teacher who police say was obsessed with one of her 11-year-old students has waived a preliminary hearing on a felony charge that she interfered with the girl’s custody.
Twenty-nine-year-old Geraldine Alcorn and her attorney refused comment as they walked quickly from a courtroom Wednesday. In exchange for the waiver — which means Alcorn must now stand trial on the charge or take some kind of plea bargain — Allegheny County prosecutors dropped two other misdemeanors she faced: Luring a child into a vehicle and corruption of minors.
Prosecutors, who aren’t commenting either, say Alcorn encrypted her phone number on the girl’s math homework, exchanging thousands of text messages with her and even talking of adopting and running away with the girl before Alcorn resigned last month.