After four weeks of testimony, the defense rested its case in the trial of a former kindergarten teacher charged with child molestation.
Tonya Craft, a former Chickamauga Elementary School teacher, is charged with 22 counts of child molestation, aggravated sexual battery and aggravated child molestation. The alleged victims in the case are three girls.
Ms. Craft spent today on the stand, declaring that she was innocent of all the allegations. "I didn't molest any children ... unfortunately these children are as much of a victim as I am," she said.
The defense rested when Assistant District Attorney Len Gregor finished his cross-examination.
Mr. Gregor spent about three hours questioning Ms. Craft about alleged affairs, touching a woman's breasts and other acts with adults.
More than 10 times, Mr. Gregor referred to a website that some of Ms. Craft's friends had made in her defense and asked her about a "conspiracy."
She continually reminded him that the website wasn't hers and that she didn't write what was on it.
For complete details, see tomorrow's Times Free Press.