Troopers charge therapist with raping 15-year-oldPublished: Friday, January 22, 2010, 11:04 PM Updated: Saturday, January 23, 2010, 1:08 AMBath, NY - State police charged a socio-therapist at a residential center for adolescent boys with rape.
Police said Jessica L. Wright, 28, of 27 Taylor Street, Hornell, had sexual contact with a 15-year-old resident of Snell Farms Children Center in Bath, in Steuben County. The contact occurred from the summer of 2008 to the fall of 2009, police said.
Snell Farms "provides specialized residential treatment for adolescent boys," according to the Web site for Hillside Family of Agencies.
Wright is charged with one count each of rape in the third degree, criminal sexual act in the third degree and endangering the welfare of a child.
Wright was arrested Thursday, arraigned in Bath and released. She is forbidden to have contact with the victim.
Police said Hillside assisted with the investigation, as did the state Office of Children and Family Services and the Steuben County District Attorney's Office.
