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Teacher turns herself in on sex charges
7:21 AM 07:21 AM EDT on Thursday,
August 9, 2007 By ALEX REED
Teacher surrenders HUNTERSVILLE,
N.C. -- A former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools teacher surrendered to
police Wednesday after she was accused of having an inappropriate
relationship with a female student.
Amanda Athey, 27, was released later
in the day on $4,000 bond. The teacher is charged with three counts of
indecent liberties between and teacher and a student and one count of
sexual activity between a teacher and a student. All of this comes
after a student's father became suspicious of his daughter's
friendship with a teacher.
Athey taught English at Hopewell
High School in Huntersville for three years. Charlotte Observer Amanda
Athey Search warrants issued in Cabarrus County detail an illicit
relationship between Athey and a female student at the school.
They also detail e-mail and recorded
phone conversations between the two, taken by the victim's father.
Some of those conversations talk about how the two women had sex.
Athey has not returned our phone calls.
CMS Superintendent Peter Gorman said
in a press conference Wednesday that he wants parents to feel that
school is a safe and comfortable environment for their children.
“We encourage folks if you have any
questions, concerns, anything, let us know,” Gorman said. “Don't wait
-- let us know. Let us investigate. Let potentially law enforcement
investigate. Parents, be skeptical of what your kids are doing.
Question where your kids are going. Who they are with? If anything
just doesn't seem right, check it out right away.” The alleged
victim's family did not want to comment, but did tell us that their
student is receiving treatment after going through the ordeal.
The alleged victim's father said
Athey told him she was married to a man named Cal, but the search
warrants show Athey lives with a woman named Callie who is also a
teacher.
Two laptops and two wedding photo
albums were among the items seized by Cabarrus County Sheriff’s
Deputies from Athey’s home in Harrisburg.
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