Waverly Dance Instructor Convicted in Child Sex Assault

A former Waverly dance teacher will be sentenced to ten years to life in prison after being convicted of predatory sexual assault on two children.  39-Year-old Julie Werkheiser, who owned the Studio J business in Waverly was accused of having oral sexual contact with two children under the age of 13 between July 2006 and November 2007 at the Broad Street studio.

Werkheiser, who was convicted in Tioga County Court November 16, is due to be sentenced in February.

She is currently being held in the Tioga County Jail without bail.

Meanwhile, November 12, a New York State Appeals Court ordered a new trial for former Binghamton dance studio owner, 36 year old Samantha Stone, who had been sentenced to 12 years to life in prison for allegedly sexually abusing a girl under the age of 13 over five years starting in 2003.

The court ruled hearsay testimony in the last trial should not have been admitted.

Stone owned and taught at Creative Dance Elements on Water Street in Binghamton.