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02-17-2007, 01:15 PM
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What police say started as a series of inappropriate computer chats and text messages between a female Howard County teacher and a 15-year-old boy led to sexual encounters two years ago that came to light this week and resulted in criminal charges being filed against her.
Kirsten Ann Kinley, 27, became the county's third teacher since January to be charged with multiple sex offenses involving a minor. Police said they began to investigate Kinley on Monday after the boy divulged the encounters to his therapist, who was legally required to tell authorities.
Kinley, of the 7500 block of Murray Hill Road in Columbia, was arrested Thursday after turning herself in to police. She was charged with two counts of third-degree sex offense, two counts of fourth-degree sex offense and two counts of solicitation of a minor.
Kinley was later released on $75,000 bond Thursday and remains on paid administrative leave from her job as a special-education teacher at Marriotts Ridge High School in Marriottsville.
Kinley has worked as a special-education teacher in the top-performing Howard school system since 2002. At the time of the alleged incidents, she worked at Hammond Middle School in Laurel. She has never taught her accuser or worked in his school, according to the school system.
Police say the two were introduced through one of his friends and engaged in sexual acts on two occasions -- on New Year's Eve 2004 and once again in January 2005. The two met each time at Kinley's apartment, according to police. The boy was 15 years old when the encounters occurred, police said.
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What police say started as a series of inappropriate computer chats and text messages between a female Howard County teacher and a 15-year-old boy led to sexual encounters two years ago that came to light this week and resulted in criminal charges being filed against her.
Kirsten Ann Kinley, 27, became the county's third teacher since January to be charged with multiple sex offenses involving a minor. Police said they began to investigate Kinley on Monday after the boy divulged the encounters to his therapist, who was legally required to tell authorities.
Kinley, of the 7500 block of Murray Hill Road in Columbia, was arrested Thursday after turning herself in to police. She was charged with two counts of third-degree sex offense, two counts of fourth-degree sex offense and two counts of solicitation of a minor.
Kinley was later released on $75,000 bond Thursday and remains on paid administrative leave from her job as a special-education teacher at Marriotts Ridge High School in Marriottsville.
Kinley has worked as a special-education teacher in the top-performing Howard school system since 2002. At the time of the alleged incidents, she worked at Hammond Middle School in Laurel. She has never taught her accuser or worked in his school, according to the school system.
Police say the two were introduced through one of his friends and engaged in sexual acts on two occasions -- on New Year's Eve 2004 and once again in January 2005. The two met each time at Kinley's apartment, according to police. The boy was 15 years old when the encounters occurred, police said.
Full Story... (http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/crime/bal-md.ho.teacher17feb17,0,2252620.story?coll=bal-home-headlines)