Waltham Woman Convicted On 2 Counts of Child Rape, Worked At Medford School

WALTHAM, MA — A Waltham woman was convicted of two counts of child rape, the Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan announced today.

Jenna Tarabelsi, 33, of Waltham, was convicted today by a Middlesex Superior Court Jury of two counts of rape of child. The defendant previously worked as a career counselor at Medford Vocational Technical High School.

Judge Merita Hopkins scheduled sentencing for October 26, 2017.

From April of 2012 to April of 2015, the defendant worked for Medford Vocational Technical High School. During her time with the school the defendant befriended the victim, a 15-year-old male student. In early 2014, the defendant sexually assaulted the victim in a parking lot in Stoneham after school had ended.

Upon learning of the sexual assault in April of 2015, Medford Vocational Technical High School immediately suspended the defendant. Medford Vocational School fully cooperated in this investigation.

The prosecutor assigned to this case was Assistant District Attorney Tom Brant. The Victim Witness Advocate was Cheri MacDonald.

This conviction comes on the heels of recent news in Waltham that an after school and before school childcare worker was arrested on child rape in another community.

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Man Arrested For Child Rape Worked At Waltham After School

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