Overview

• Jacqueline Ma, a former award-winning teacher at Lincoln Acres Elementary, pleaded guilty to four sex crime counts, including lewd acts on a child and possession of child sexual material.
• Ma groomed two boys, aged 11 and 12, using gifts, secret digital communications, and her professional status to manipulate and abuse them.
• Investigators uncovered explicit messages and photos hidden on Ma’s phone, along with evidence of her cultivating sexual relationships with the boys in plain sight.
• At her sentencing, Ma expressed deep remorse, acknowledging she had manipulated the boys and betrayed the trust of their families and the community.
• In addition to her 30-years-to-life sentence, Ma must register as a sex offender, pay fines, and serve the full term before parole consideration.