A former Connecticut school professional admitted to creepily texting an 11-year-old boy nearly 5,000 times, coercing him with gifts including Apple AirPods and caffeine before sxually assaulting him. Alyson Cranick pleaded guilty to federal charges of coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity, the US Attorneys Office for the District of Connecticut announced Tuesday, Nov. 18. The 44-year-old married mother of two lured the child to meet up with her over a course of several months in 2022, driving him to several different locations where she forced him to engage in sxually explicit conduct with her.
Cranick was an administrative assistant at E.O. Smith High School in Mansfield until she was fired in September 2023. The child predator met with the boy at least 14 times, in some cases with the public school employee coercing the boy to sneak out of his home after midnight. She would drive him to either Columbia Lake, Horace Porter School in Columbia or the Salmon River State Forest in Colchester where she would sxually assault the minor in her car, the Hartford Courant reported, citing court documents. During the late-night exploits, Cranick would buy caffeinated drinks for the boy to stay awake and even offered him gifts like Apple AirPods and a pellet gun. Cranick first began messaging the boy over text and Snapchat before suggesting they use the popular messaging platform Discord.
Cranick and her husband The switch in messaging apps came after Cranick learned that one of the childs family members would check the boy’s messages and social media accounts, he told the Connecticut State Police, according to the outlet. Between July and October 2022, Cranick and the boy messaged 4,700 times on Discord, investigators revealed. She even made the boy a bracelet with the acronym BFFLWB, meaning Best Friends for Life With Benefits, arrest warrants claimed. The preteen boy cut off contact with and refused to meet up with Cranick after she emotionally manipulated him into spending more time with her, the warrant stated. The perverted school official had previously denied any wrongdoing and downplayed any inappropriate reasoning for communicating with the boy. Officials launched an investigation into Cranicks then-alleged sxual assault in September 2023. She was arrested and charged by state law enforcement in November of that year. Federal charges were handed down to Cranick in July 2024 and the case was investigated by the FBIs Child Exploitation Task Force and the Connecticut State Polices Eastern District Major Crime Unit. Cranick could face life in prison with a mandatory minimum of 10 years imprisonment. Her sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 12, 2026.The post School employee texted boy, 11, nearly 5,000 times, lured him with AirPods, caffeine before sxually assaulting him appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.
