柯林斯堡前学区辅导员性侵学生案宣判 获刑16年
科罗拉多州柯林斯堡前学区辅导员卡桑德拉·庞塞洛（Cassandra Poncelow）10月26日被判刑。她于今年7月24日就两项儿童性剥削三级重罪认罪，其中一项判处16年监禁，另一项判处10年性犯罪者强化监管缓刑，缓刑将在刑期结束后执行。主审法官丹尼尔·麦克唐纳（Daniel McDonald）主持了当天的量刑听证会。
现年41岁的庞塞洛在2007年至2024年间任职于波德雷学区（Poudre School District），曾获评2016年科罗拉多州年度辅导员。2025年8月，一名前学生向柯林斯堡警方报案，称庞塞洛在其任职期间与她发生不当关系，庞塞洛随后被捕；另一名受害人也出面提出了类似指控。两名受害人在案发时均为未成年人。
量刑听证会上，受害人及家属出庭陈述了多年操控与伤害造成的影响，并要求法庭从重判处。麦克唐纳法官表示，他不相信庞塞洛的若干说法，并批评学区当年对有教师反映的疑虑未做正式记录或报告。学区发言人表示，学生安全是学区的最高责任，员工接受强制报告培训，学区认真对待教职员不当行为的报告并配合执法调查。
Former Fort Collins School Counselor Sentenced in Child Sex Exploitation Case; Gets 16 Years in Prison
Former Poudre School District counselor Cassandra Poncelow was sentenced on October 26 in Fort Collins, Colorado. Under a plea agreement, she had pleaded guilty on July 24 to two counts of sexual exploitation of children, a Class 3 felony; she received 16 years in prison on one count and 10 years of sex offender intensive supervision probation on the other, with the probation to follow her prison term. Judge Daniel McDonald presided over the sentencing hearing.
Poncelow, now 41, worked for Poudre School District from 2007 to 2024 and was named the 2016 Colorado Counselor of the Year. She was arrested in August 2025 after a former student reported to Fort Collins police that Poncelow had an inappropriate relationship with her while working at the district; a second victim later came forward with similar accusations. Both victims were juveniles at the time but are now adults.
At the hearing, victims, family members and supporters described years of manipulation and abuse and urged a lengthy sentence. Judge McDonald said he did not believe several of Poncelow's statements, and criticized how concerns raised by teachers years earlier were never formally documented or reported. A district spokesperson said student safety is the district's highest responsibility, that employees receive mandatory reporting training, and that the district cooperates with law enforcement investigations.
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