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	High School teacher pleads guilty Video poker business robbed Accident kills one, injures four Search Continues for missing teen Close window		High School teacher pleads guilty News 12 has learned that an Aquinas High School teacher has pled guilty to stealing money from her spanish students. Vanessa Velez-Cruz has pled guilty to more than 50 counts of thefts and embezlements. Velez-Cruz is accused of taking money that was suppose to pay for a student group trip to Europe. A judge will sentence her on Friday. In a letter from the District Attorney to parents of the students, it says if the court accepts the deal Velez-Cruz wil get up to 30 years in prison. The District Attorney also says she will give up her teaching certificate and never be allowed to teach in Georgia again.