The Mayor is standing by his daughter, but she is in really big trouble.
A New Jersey schoolteacher – who is also the daughter of the Lodi Mayor – has been arrested for sending explicit pictures and videos to a student under the age of 16.
Stephanie A. Carafa, 32, taught at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Lodi and was arrested on Saturday after an investigation found she allegedly had sexual contact and shared explicit pictures with a student.
She faces charges of aggravated criminal sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child.
The Prosecutor’s Office and the Lodi Police Department launched the investigation into Carafa, who worked at the Bergen County school since 2012.
According to her RateMyTeacher page she taught social studies at the school.
She is the daughter of longtime Lodi Mayor Emil Carafa, who was re-elected in 2017. He is the mayor of the township where his daughter taught.
Mayor Emil helped Carafa get her job.
Flip the page for video of the happy family.
