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Former Teacher Arrested for Sexual Assault of Student

12/11/2025

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Ciara Picard, a former music teacher at Maloney High School in Meriden, Connecticut, was arrested on five counts of second-degree sexual assault related to a police probe into her conduct with a 13-year-old student.
The relationship reportedly became sexual in the student’s junior year, and Picard groomed him while exchanging explicit messages.
Picard resigned in August as the investigation intensified.
Picard is scheduled to appear in court on December 16.

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Story summary

Ciara Picard, a former music teacher at Maloney High School in Meriden, Connecticut, was arrested on five counts of second-degree sexual assault related to a police probe into her conduct with a 13-year-old student.
The relationship reportedly became sexual in the student’s junior year, and Picard groomed him while exchanging explicit messages.
Picard resigned in August as the investigation intensified.
Picard is scheduled to appear in court on December 16.