12:08 PM CST on Monday, February 20, 2006

From 11 News Staff Reports

An Aldine Senior High School teacher pleaded guilty Monday to arson and insurance fraud.

KHOU-TV

Tramesha Lashon Fox

Tramesha Lashon Fox will serve five years deferred adjudication, 90 days and jail. She must also complete 400 hours of community service.

She will start her jail time March 7.

Fox was at least three months behind on her car payments when she allegedly persuaded two of her students to steal and burn her 2003 Chevorlet Malibu.

She reportedly offered them passing grades in return.

On May 27, the last day of school, the students took the unlocked car from a shopping mall, drove it to a wooded area and set it on fire, senior fire investigator Dustin Deutsch of the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office said Wednesday.

Fox reported the theft that day, after already having bought a 2005 Toyota Corolla, investigators said. She owed about $20,000 on the Chevrolet and had been facing repossession, Deutsch said.