New York police say a 29-year-old woman working as a teacher's assistant at a Bronx high school took a mentally ill student home and raped him on at least six occasions.

Maria Contreras, a former substitute paraprofessional at the Bronx Academy of Letters, was arrested Saturday night and charged with eight felonies—six counts of second-degree rape with a victim under 15 and two counts of second-degree criminal sex act with a victim under 15 NBC reports.

Police say she carried on a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old child earlier this year.

Via the New York Times:

"These allegations are incredibly disturbing," Devora Kaye, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education, said by email on Saturday night. "Ms. Contreras has been removed from her position and will no longer be employed" by the department. She said education officials are helping with the police investigation.

The boy was one of Ms. Contreras's students, the police said. He walked to Ms. Contreras's apartment, where the police said they had sex at least six times in November.

She was reportedly arrested after the 14-year-old told his mother, who called police.

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