Former Jefferson County Public Schools counselor pleads responsible to little one intercourse assault

A former Jefferson County Public Schools social employee took a deal and pleaded responsible Monday to sexually assaulting a baby, court docket data present.

Chloe Rose Castro, a 29-year-old girl from Lakewood, pleaded responsible to 1 depend of sexual assault on a baby by one ready of belief, a felony, based on Jefferson County court docket data. The plea deal dropped a second little one intercourse assault cost and one depend of web luring of a kid from her case, court docket data present.

The girl faces an open-ended, or “indeterminate,” sentence that may final from a minimal of 4 years to a most of life in jail when she is sentenced on April 2, based on a news launch from the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office.

Castro was arrested in November 2024 after the sufferer’s dad and mom discovered “evidence of a sexual relationship” and reported Castro to the Arvada Police Department, prosecutors mentioned within the launch.

The dad and mom instructed police that they discovered inappropriate social media messages between their little one and Castro, based on an arrest affidavit. Police mentioned the coed attended a web-based faculty on the time, however he typically met Castro behind the Apex Center — a recreation middle in Arvada.

The unidentified pupil, who was youthful than 15 when the assault occurred, mentioned Castro “really understood him” and that “she was the only person he could trust.” He mentioned that they had plans to maneuver to California and New Mexico to “create a new life together,” based on the affidavit.

Castro and the coed met exterior of faculty for the primary time in May 2024, police said within the affidavit. They typically met in a spot behind the recreation middle, the place they’d kiss and contact one another, based on the doc. They additionally met in Castro’s workplace a minimum of as soon as.

The two would textual content and trade messages on Instagram, together with nude images, based on the arrest affidavit. They deleted the messages nightly out of worry of being caught, police mentioned.

No different victims got here ahead after Castro’s arrest, based on the DA’s workplace.