Female teacher, 37, admits to having her student's BABY after becoming his foster mother following a sexual relationship starting 'when he was 14'

By Rory Tingle For Dailymail.com 00:42 29 Mar 2018, updated 01:31 29 Mar 2018

Laura Lynn Cross, 37, of Tallmadge, Ohio, started grooming child in eighth grade
The English teacher began by inviting the student to play in her swimming pool
Convinced mother to let him move in as part of a 'partial custody' arrangement
Pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual battery and will be sentenced May 24

A teacher has pleaded guilty to having her underage student's baby after spending three years grooming him and becoming his foster mother.

Laura Lynn Cross, 37, of Tallmadge, Ohio, started grooming the child when he was in eighth grade, when students are between the ages of 13 and 14.

Cross, an English teacher at Buchtel High School, pleaded guilty on Friday to three counts of sexual battery.

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Laura Lynn Cross, 37, of Tallmadge, Ohio, (pictured in a Facebook image) started grooming the child when he was in eighth grade, when students are between the ages of 13 and 14

Cross, an English teacher at Buchtel High School, (seen in a police mug shot) pleaded guilty on Friday to three counts of sexual battery

She began by inviting the student to play in her swimming pool before convincing his mother to let him move in as part of a court-approved 'partial parental custody' arrangement.

Cross was arrested earlier this month after police learned she had given birth to the boy's baby in December 2015.

The teenager's mother complained to Akron police in June 2015 about the affair and contacted prosecutors in Tallmadge, according to Ohio.com.

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And his father claimed to news5cleveland that he first raised concerns with police as early as 2012 when his son was a freshman, but Cross was punished.

He said of Cross, who resigned from her teaching position in January 2015: 'First of all, she's a schoolteacher. To get aroused by a child basically you have to be a sick individual.'

She is due to be sentenced by Summit County Common Pleas Judge Tammy O'Brien on May 24.

Cross was arrested earlier this month after police learned she had given birth to the boy's baby in December 2015. She is pictured images taken from her Facebook

She was arrested earlier this month after police learned she had given birth to the boy's baby in December 2015

Cross is due to be sentenced by Summit County Common Pleas Judge Tammy O'Brien on May 24. Pictured: Buchtel High School