US teacher caught having sex with student in back seat of car

A New Jersey teacher has been accused of sexually assaulting a student at the Assunpink Wildlife Management Area on multiple occasions, as per a report in the New York Post.

Jessica Sawicki, a 37-year-old English teacher at Hamilton High School West in Trenton, has been charged with five counts of second-degree sexual assault and five counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child.

As per the officials, Ms Sawicki and the school student were discovered by New Jersey Fish and Wildlife inspectors on Sunday in "states of undress."

According to an affidavit of probable cause obtained by the New York Post, Ms Sawicki allegedly acknowledged to investigators that she and the teen had at least five instances of "unprotected" intercourse in the 6,393-acre state-owned wildlife management area since December.

The two had sex in the back seat of the student's car, the documents said. 

The teenager was described as being “at least 16 but not yet 18.”

Authorities reported that Ms Sawicki was arrested and taken into custody on Monday and remains locked up at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution, pending a detention hearing next week.

A statement on the school district's website stated that Ms Sawicki was placed on administrative leave from her $41,000-a-year-position.

The teacher’s profile was removed from the school website teacher’s directory following her arrest.