Female teacher in Garden City, Georgia, charged with having sex with 15-year-old male student
(AP) -- A school teacher in Garden City, Georgia, is facing sex charges following her arrest for child molestation.
Garden City Police said 28-year-old Erika Simmons was arrested Tuesday. Garden City Police Chief David Lyons said Simmons, a paraprofessional teacher at Myers Middle School, is accused of engaging in a sexual act with a 15-year-old student in Nov. 2008. He said both Simmons and the boy confessed to the relationship. Simmons was also charged with statutory rape and enticement of a child for indecent purposes.
She was placed in the Chatham County Jail.
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