By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2026-08-07 06:15:44 | Updated at 2026-08-09 05:33:55
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A Delaware dance instructor has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing at least two of her students.
Emily Pryor Albino, 23, of Seaford, was arrested by Delaware State Police on Thursday.
She was charged with four counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a child by a person of trust and one count of sexual solicitation of a child using a computer, cell phone or other electronic device.
Albino is a dance instructor at X-Treme Dance Studio in Laurel, a town in the southwestern corner of Delaware. The studio offers classes to 'all ages, from toddlers to adult fitness enthusiasts,' according to its Facebook page.
Investigators began looking into Albino on Tuesday after receiving reports that she had sexually abused two of her students enrolled in the dance studio, according to the Delaware State Police.
Detectives have reason to believe that there are more victims and are seeking the public's assistance in identifying those potential victims, cops said.
Over the course of the investigation, police determined that Albino allegedly exchanged sexually explicit messages with her victims.
The dance instructor was committed to the Delaware Department of Corrections on a $110,000 cash bond on Thursday.
Delaware dance instructor Emily Pryor Albino, 23, has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing at least two of her underage students
Albino was arrested by Delaware State Police on Thursday. Detectives began investigating her on Tuesday and believe that additional minors may be victims
The ages and genders of the alleged victims, as well as who tipped off police to Albino's alleged sexual abuse, are unclear.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Delaware State Police for comment and additional details.
The Daily Mail has also reached out to X-Treme Dance Studio to ask if Albino has been dismissed from her position as an instructor, as well as the ages and genders of the students she taught.
Social media posts indicate that Albino worked alongside her mother and one of her sisters as instructors at the studio, though there is no suggestion that either of them committed any wrongdoing.
Delaware State Police said its criminal investigations unit is continuing to investigate alongside the Delaware Department of Justice.
All of Albino's charges are felonies, and if convicted, she faces a severe potential sentence.
Under Delaware law, each of her four first-degree sexual abuse of a child by a person of trust charges carries a potential penalty of up to eight years in prison in the least severe case, and up to life in prison in the most severe case.
The difference in potential sentences depends on the exact circumstances of the crime – namely whether intercourse occurred or if the sexual abuse took another form.
Albino appears to have taught at the same dance studio as her mother, whom she is pictured with, and her sister. There is no suggestion that the mother or sister committed wrongdoing
Albino was an instructor at X-Treme Dance Studio in Laurel, a town in the southwestern corner of Delaware. The studio is pictured
Albino's sexual solicitation of a child using a computer, cell phone or other electronic device charge is punishable by up to 15 years in prison if the exchanges occurred strictly online.
The charge carries a potential sentence of up to 25 years in prison 'if the defendant meets in person or attempts to meet in person with the child for the purpose of engaging in a prohibited sexual act,' according to Delaware's penal code.
