MedicCook
01-09-2008, 11:46 AM
Teacher accused of sending nude cell phone pics to student
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CORAOPOLIS, Pennsylvania: A high school teacher was charged with sending nude pictures of herself and sex-related text messages to the cell phone of a 14-year-old student.
Beth Ann Chester, a 26-year-old health and physical education teacher at Moon Area High School in suburban Pittsburgh, was charged with sexual abuse of children, statutory sexual assault and related counts.
On Dec. 22, Chester sent three pictures of herself, two of them naked, to the boy's cell phone, police said. The student replied with a naked picture of himself, authorities said.
The boy's parents discovered suggestive text messages on Dec. 26, then met with Chester later that day, police said. She tendered her resignation the next day, citing personal reasons, said Moon Area School District attorney Jack Cambest.
School district officials told police Thursday that Chester may have had in appropriate contact with a student. Chester was arrested Friday.
Police said the boy denied having physical contact with Chester, but Moon Township police Chief Leo McCarthy said there probably was contact.
The boy told police he and Chester began exchanging text messages in late October, and that they devised a system to spend extra time with one another at school, police said.
The boy also told police he "felt he was in love with the teacher now," police said.
In one text message, police said, Chester called the boy "sexy" and made a graphic reference to his body.
Chester was being held in the Allegheny County jail after failing to post $50,000 (€33,960.47) bond. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Tuesday.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/07/america/NA-GEN-US-Teacher-Sex-Charges.php
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CORAOPOLIS, Pennsylvania: A high school teacher was charged with sending nude pictures of herself and sex-related text messages to the cell phone of a 14-year-old student.
Beth Ann Chester, a 26-year-old health and physical education teacher at Moon Area High School in suburban Pittsburgh, was charged with sexual abuse of children, statutory sexual assault and related counts.
On Dec. 22, Chester sent three pictures of herself, two of them naked, to the boy's cell phone, police said. The student replied with a naked picture of himself, authorities said.
The boy's parents discovered suggestive text messages on Dec. 26, then met with Chester later that day, police said. She tendered her resignation the next day, citing personal reasons, said Moon Area School District attorney Jack Cambest.
School district officials told police Thursday that Chester may have had in appropriate contact with a student. Chester was arrested Friday.
Police said the boy denied having physical contact with Chester, but Moon Township police Chief Leo McCarthy said there probably was contact.
The boy told police he and Chester began exchanging text messages in late October, and that they devised a system to spend extra time with one another at school, police said.
The boy also told police he "felt he was in love with the teacher now," police said.
In one text message, police said, Chester called the boy "sexy" and made a graphic reference to his body.
Chester was being held in the Allegheny County jail after failing to post $50,000 (€33,960.47) bond. A preliminary hearing was scheduled for Tuesday.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/01/07/america/NA-GEN-US-Teacher-Sex-Charges.php