Mass. teacher arrested, accused of faking degrees and military history
A Haverhill teacher was arrested Friday morning and charged with faking her undergraduate and advanced degrees and lying about being a veteran and Purple Heart recipient.
Lissa Lagasse, 57, of Lowell, was indicted by an Essex County grand jury and arraigned in Salem Superior Court Friday afternoon, according to the Essex County District Attorney's Office.
Prosecutors said Lagasse faked her degrees and claimed to be a combat veteran in order to get jobs in the Haverhill, Lowell and Worcester school districts.
Lagasse was charged with three counts of pretending to hold degrees, identity fraud, reckless endangerment of a child, three counts of procurement fraud, two counts of stolen valor, six counts of uttering at common law, intimidation of a witness, three counts of larceny in excess of $1,200 and being a common and notorious thief.
She pleaded not guilty to all of the charges in court Friday. A judge set bail at $25,000 and required home confinement with GPS monitoring if Lagasse posts bail.
She is expected to return to court on Monday, July 28.
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