Former Teacher Sentenced to Prison for Sexual Relationship with Student
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a 31-year-old Haddon Township man was sentenced today to five years in New Jersey state prison for having sex with a female student while he was employed as a teacher at Cherokee High School.
Brantley Cesanek pled guilty in September to Endangering the Welfare of a Child (Second Degree). The sentence was handed down in Superior Court by the Hon. Terrence R. Cook, P.J.Cr.
“We as parents entrust teachers with the most important people in our lives – our children,” Prosecutor Coffina said. “We all suffer from the erosion of that trust when a teacher crosses the line and has an improper – and illegal – relationship with a student. This case serves as an example that conduct such as that engaged in by this defendant will never be tolerated and will be met by significant consequences.”
The investigation began in October 2018 after Evesham Township police were contacted with information that indicated Cesanek and a high school student had been involved in an inappropriate relationship. The investigation confirmed that Cesanek, a Latin teacher, was involved in an ongoing sexual relationship with a student in 2016 and 2017. The sexual contact occurred at Cesanek’s home in the 300 block of South Park Drive. There was also improper conduct by the defendant with the student while at school.
Cesanek was arrested within 24 hours of police having received the information. He did not teach after being charged and is no longer employed by the district, school officials said.
Cesanek was prosecuted by Assistant Prosecutor Stephen Eife, supervisor of the Special Victims Section of the BCPO Major Crimes Unit. The investigation was conducted by detectives from the Evesham Township Police (NJ) Department, the Haddon Township Police Department, the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office and the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office.
Talk about double standard look at all the female teachers that get away with a slap on the wrist all should be sentenced to the same time
good point
Brian Hollingshead do they?
Steph VanPelt
That’s just one
Brian Hollingshead that’s disgusting. What state??
5 years for statutory rape … 6 months for selling heroin that leads to the users death …. ?
And the sad part about it for him They do not like people like him In prison They are going to have a lot of fun with him They will lock the door put a pillowcase over his head and take Turns I guess he deserves it And I don’t feel sorry for Him even Though the females get away with it Most Of the ti 2 wrongs don’t make a right He is a tree jumper after all
Look a here George he got some Mighty pretty lips And he more squeal like a pig???
This is absolutely disgusting and as a teacher it boggles my mind. I don’t understand what goes this a teacher’s head when they’d act like this.
Amy Ackerman-Ruch I think people who do this stuff are extremely mentally ill. They have no sense of right and wrong. That’s the only way I could ever make sense of it, you have to be dealing with people who just aren’t playing with a full deck. Really disgusting.
Lauren Ruhlin I absolutely agree.
Women get charged too
U should send the female perverts to prison also they are just as much child molesters as there male counterparts
Gabe Kelly do they not get sent to prison?