Jeri Deanne Perez

Student teacher pleads guilty to sex with boy, 14

A Gilbert woman who was a student teacher at South Valley Junior High School in the Gilbert Unified School District pleaded guilty Wednesday to three felony counts of attempted sexual contact with a minor.

Jeri Deanne Perez, 38, who was arrested Jan. 30, was accused of engaging in sex with a 14-year-old who was not a student at the school. The boy was the son of one of her friends.

Perez will be sentenced June 15. She faces a prison term of 5 to 15 years. She will be required to register as a sex offender and will be placed on lifetime, supervised probation

Down in the Valley

Report reveals more details in student-teacher relationship

Shocking new details surrounding a Valley teacher accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy were released by Gilbert police.

The teen claims it was a month long affair.

The boy claims it was consensual, that it happened six times, beginning last November at the teacher's Gilbert home