Police allege 45-year-old Tracy Ardeno, a teacher's aide at Washington High School in Washington, Pennsylvania, had sex with a 20-year-old high school senior last month at Washington Cemetery.

Ardeno was charged with institutional sexual assault. She will be sent her charges by summons in the mail.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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