-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Debra Lafave , a former Florida middle school teacher convicted of having sex with a student , was arrested Tuesday for `` inappropriate but non-sexual contact '' with a teenage coworker , the Hillsborough County Sheriff 's Office said . Debra Lafave was arrested after talking with a teenager . She is not allowed to have contact with anyone under 18 . The association violated the terms of Lafave 's probation , which forbade her to have contact with anyone under 18 , the sheriff 's office said . She was released on her own recognizance . Lafave and her mother , Joyce Beasley , had no comment as they left the jail . `` I can only characterize this as somewhat of a bizarre and unusual violation , '' said Lafave 's attorney , John Fitzgibbons . Lafave , 27 , pleaded guilty in November 2005 to having sex with a 14-year-old boy and was sentenced to three years under house arrest and seven years of probation . Lafave was also required to register as a sex offender and abide by numerous conditions . She was arrested after corrections officers interviewed a 17-year-old girl , who worked at a restaurant where Lafave had been employed since January 2006 , according to the violation report from Florida 's Corrections Department . Watch Lafave 's ex-husband discuss the allegations '' The teenager told the officers that Lafave discussed `` non-work related issues such as family problems , friends , high school , personal life , boyfriend issues and sexual issues in both private one-on-one conversations '' with her and in group settings , according to the report . `` I would characterize this simply as ` girl talk , ' or ` guy talk , ' if you will , among fellow employees , that all of us do every day , '' Fitzgibbons said . `` This is it . There 's no more , there 's no less . ... I would describe it as simply a workplace friendship . '' The co-worker will turn 18 on January 2 , Fitzgibbons said . Lafave refused to make a statement regarding the allegations , the document said . She was ordered to quit the restaurant job and now works as a receptionist in her mother 's barber shop , the report said . Lafave says she suffers from bipolar disorder and is receiving treatment . Fitzgibbons said his client has done everything required of her , living with her parents and leaving only to go to work . She has done so well on two years of house arrest , he said , that he has been planning to ask that the third year be waived . Fitzgibbons said he still intends to make that request , and hopes Lafave 's arrest will not hurt that effort -- `` I would hope that the court would be understanding . '' `` She 's really tried hard , so it 's upsetting to her , '' he said of the arrest , but noted it was `` unheard of '' for someone on probation for a sexual offense to be released on her own recognizance . E-mail to a friend