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published Monday, February 2nd, 2009

West Tennessee teacher arrested in teen sex case

JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — A West Tennessee teacher has been charged with statutory rape by an authority figure of a 14-year-old boy.

Milan police say 35-year-old Melissa Dawn McCord, a special education teacher at West Carroll Elementary in Atwood, had sex and exchanged sexually explicit text messages with a 14-year-old boy.

Police arrested McCord Thursday. According to Jackson Sun, she also is charged with providing obscene materials to a minor, solicitation of a minor and solicitation of a minor to observe sexual conduct.

According to the police report, McCord met the boy through her daughter, who was dating him.

McCord is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 11.

West Carroll Special School District Superintendent Eric Williams says McCord has been suspended without pay pending an internal investigation.

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triumph110 said...

This is happening all over the country. Go to www.schoolteachernews.com and click on the Scandal page. Already this year they have documented over 40 of these types of incidents. Last year they found 479 of these kinds of cases.

February 2, 2009 at 9:02 a.m.
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