Teacher Allegedly had Sex with Teen

Burbank - A 33-year-old Burbank middle school teacher accused of having sex with a teenage male student over a six-month period last year appeared in court on Wednesday, but her arraignment was postponed until March 25.

Amy Victoria Beck, a teacher at David Starr Jordan Middle School, is charged with four counts of unlawful sex with a person under 16 and one count of oral copulation with a person under 16. If convicted, she faces up to seven years in state prison.

Beck surrendered at a police station Monday afternoon, accompanied by her attorney, according to Burbank police Sgt. Robert Quesada.

"She said she had sexual relations with one of her students," Quesada said.

Police interviewed the boy "and confirmed that the acts did occur" between March and September of last year, the sergeant said.

The boy was 14 at the time the alleged sexual activity began, and he is now 15, Quesada said.

Beck remains jailed in lieu of $175,000 bail. Her attorney, Michael Williamson, told reporters outside court that her client plans to remain in jail, in part to avoid being pursued by the media.

"She simply thinks that at this point it would be best that she continue to cooperate with the Burbank Police Department, and obviously through me, and it's easier done from the confines of the jail rather than out in public with the media and press everywhere," Williamson said.

A source with the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that Beck is married to a police officer in the LAPD's Southeast Division.