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June 05, 2008
A Ripley High School teacher
and softball coach was charged with sexual battery and statutory rape
and arrested Tuesday, June 3, 2008. Police say Amy Elder, 28, had a
sexual relationship with at least two girls at Ripley High School over
the past two years.
Residents were shocked to hear
of the accusations, but not all students.
"I heard she was messing with
other students and having sexual intercourse. It's been going on for a
while anyway," said Mercedes Norfork, a student at Ripley High School.
According to the Lauderdale
County indictment, Elder had a sexual relationship with a 17 year-old
girl from September to October 2006. Police say there was another
sexual encounter on Christmas Day of 2006. Documents also show Elder
had another sexual relationship with a 15 year-old girl from March to
June 2007. Police say there was another encounter on News Year's Eve
2007, and that the relationship continued between January and March of
2008.
Elder's softball players say
they knew of their coach's sexual orientation, but never believed
Elder would have a relationship with a teacher.
"She was always the type of
person who would take you to get something to eat after a game or
something like that," said student Sha Richardson.
"She never came at us like
that... the softball team. She never showed any emotion toward us,"
said Mercedes.
According to the Lauderdale
County Sheriff's Department, Elder was released from jail, without
bond, Wednesday, June 4. Her trial is scheduled to begin October 21,
2008.
Elder also taught marketing and
finance classes for the DECA program at Ripley High School. She has
been suspended from teaching at the school, pending the outcome of the
trial.
Source:
http://www.myeyewitnessnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=7f6a8115-4d62-487c-a96d-fd8400d4d7ef
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