MULBERRY, Ark. — A Former Mulberry High School teacher is no longer facing charges that accused her of exchanging nude photos with a 17-year-old boy after court documents reported image evidence could not be recovered.
On April 19, 2023, the woman pleaded not guilty to two counts of possessing child sex abuse material.
Deputies say that on March 16, an alleged sexual assault was reported to the Crawford County Sheriff's Office accusing a high school teacher of exchanging nude photos with a teenager.
The boy told authorities that he sent nude photos to the teacher and received photos of her "breasts and her vaginal area," the affidavit states. The teen also said that in January 2023 he spent the night at the teacher's house, but he didn't say whether any "sexual contact" took place besides "discussing meeting up with each other to have sexual intercourse at a later date."
The teacher was arrested the same day the report was made. After waiving her rights and speaking to investigators without a lawyer, she told police that the teen had stayed at her home overnight. She said they talked sexual manner toward each other and exchanged nude photos.
According to the affidavit, the teacher handed her phone over to deputies and was placed in handcuffs.
She was charged with two counts of distributing, possessing, or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child, but those charges have been dropped
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