BEAUMONT, CA — A former Beaumont High School teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with a student avoided jail. She is not required to register as a sex offender. What's more, 32-year-old Samantha Ciotta may one day be eligible re-apply for her teaching credentials in California, under the terms of a plea deal she reached with prosecutors.

"How did this happen?" the boy's grandmother asked Patch Tuesday. On Thursday, the mother of two pleaded guilty to three counts of unlawful intercourse with a minor — charges that could carry up to four years and four months in prison. The specific charge she pleaded to, commonly referred to as statutory rape, does not mandate that the violator is added to the sex offender registry.

"Through negotiations, [the DA's Office] agreed that based on the facts of the case that she shouldn't have to register as a sex offender," Ciotta's attorney Philip Greenberg said.

As a part of her deal, Ciotta must wear an ankle monitor for 180 days and serve four years probation, according to Greenberg. She can leave her home during the day, but must return at a certain time.

She needs to also complete 90 hours of community service and may "have no contact with any unrelated minors via any form of social media," the DA's office said.

Ciotta was charged after a Snapchat video surfaced showing the former Beaumont High English teacher partying with minor students wearing a t-shirt and "panties," according to documents obtained by Patch. When police arrested Ciotta, they said they believed there were more possible victims. Documents alleged that a different student boasted to his friends: "Yes … Bro, I'm gettin' in deep … been f------ (Ciotta) and getting threesomes for the past couple weeks (at her house)."

Police served multiple search warrants in connection to the case to collect evidence, including collecting DNA samples from the woman's home and SUV where she allegedly had sex with the boy, according to a declaration in support of a search warrant.

In an interview with authorities, the boy said he "recieved oral sex from her several times," the document states. Ciotta faced one count of oral copulation with a minor, a charge that was dropped as part of the plea agreement.

"This was the appropriate plea agreement to the charges we believe we would be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury," John Hall, a spokesman with the Riverside County District Attorney's Office, told Patch. If the oral copulation charge had not been dropped — and Ciotta pleaded guilty or was convicted of it — she would have then been required to register as a sex offender, as that is a "registerable offense" in California, according to Hall.

