The Donna Goebel case

A Westampton woman is charged with assaulting a 16-year-old at the school where she is employed.

By Edward Colimore and Sam Wood

A 43-year-old Westampton woman was being held yesterday on charges of sexually assaulting a student who attends a school where she worked as a teacher's aide, Burlington County authorities said.

Donna Goebel was arrested Thursday afternoon at her home on Churchill Street and taken to the minimum-security women's facility in Pemberton Township.

Goebel appeared yesterday before Superior Court Judge Thomas S. Smith Jr. in Mount Holly. Bail was kept at $75,000. She also was barred from having contact with any minor child.

Goebel's husband phoned police on Jan. 24 after he found evidence - reportedly sexually explicit photos - that led him to suspect she was having "inappropriate relations" with a student.

The victim is a 16-year-old boy who attends a school for students with special needs, according to media reports.

First Assistant Prosecutor Raymond E. Milavsky yesterday said there were "multiple episodes" of assaults. To maintain the anonymity of the victim, officials of the Prosecutor's Office said they would not release the name of the school or the victim's hometown.

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Nude Pics Found By Husband Of Teacher Charged With Sex Assault

The husband of a teacher's aid in Burlington County says he turned her in to police, after suspecting she was having sex with a student.

Police arrested 43-year old Donna Goebel of Westhampton, and charged her with sexual assault.

Goebel helps teach children with special needs.

Matthew Goebel says photos of a young boy in his bedroom and shower turned up on his wife's cell phone. "I knew, I knew it was happening, there were a lot of clues and it was just denial, denial, denial, and it was up to me to gather the evidence. There's no one that would believe me, I mean, who would believe something like this?"

More here.

Note from Gag:
See, it's true. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt.