NJ Teacher Who Sexually Assaulted Middle School Student Facing New Charges, Authorities Say

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, NJ — A former Washington Township middle school teacher was indicted in connection with materials depicting child abuse in addition to previous charges for the sexual assault of her former student.

Ashley A. Fisler, 36, of Sewell, was said to have been intimate at least four times with her student and was charged with six counts of first-degree sexual assault of a minor, one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, and one count of second-degree official misconduct.

On Wednesday, she was also charged with second-degree pattern of misconduct, first-degree manufacturing child sexual abuse material, third-degree possession of child sexual abuse material, and third-degree distribution of obscenity to a minor, the Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office said.

In court on April 1, a collection of 7,500 pages of text messages, including many that were explicit in nature, were presented that spanned from the start of the assault in 2021 through January, according to NJ Advance Media.

The messages, which continued well beyond the last assault in 2022, were "selective, salacious texts that...lack context," said defense attorney Rocco Cipparone.

In an affidavit of probable cause obtained by Patch, a Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office High Tech Crimes Unit forensic analysis uncovered multiple nude photographs of Fisler that were sent to the alleged victim while he was a student.

On Jan. 23, the now-adult victim revealed the sexual relationship with Fisler that occurred in 2021 when he was still a minor and Fisler was his teacher at Orchard Valley Middle School.

The sexual encounters happened in her car and in her classroom.

Fisler is no longer employed as a teacher within Washington Township or anywhere else.

She faces a maximum of 20 years in state prison for each of the first-degree charges and a maximum of 10 years for each of the second-degree.

Each third-degree charge carries a maximum of five years in prison.

Fisler is being held in the Salem County Jail, awaiting trial.

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