BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio -- It was a delicate conversation, to be sure. The principal tried to tell a class of fourth-graders why their teacher was absent, arrested just after lunch and hauled to jail.It's a secret, kids...
She couldn't come right out and tell them that Amber Carter, a 13-year employee of the Bellefontaine City School District, apparently was arrested in a sex sting at the local Super 8 Motel just after noon Tuesday.
The Super 8? That's class...
Carter, a 13-year employee of the Bellefontaine City School District, took a half day of sick leave Tuesday, said Superintendent Larry Anderson. Not long after she left the school, sheriff's deputies, following a tip, arrested Carter at 12:05 p.m. in the hotel parking lot.
So...doing a little "tutoring" on the side, Ms. Carter?
She was charged with prostitution, a third-degree misdemeanor, and unauthorized use of property, a felony. Anderson said the felony charge stems from the fact that she may have used her school computer to set up inappropriate meetings.
The school district is cooperating in the investigation, he said. Anderson placed Carter on paid administrative leave last night. Carter was processed at the Logan County Jail and then released.
Paid administrative leave. Gives her time to turn more tricks. She can clean up...
A substitute assumed her class at Western Intermediate School today, and the guidance counselor and the principal met with the students to answer any questions they might have had.
I'll bet they had some real good ones...
"It's just a bad situation," Anderson said. "It's not our place to tell them too much, but we figured the students might have heard rumors and would have some questions." A letter will go home to parents tonight.
Dear Epstein's Mother...
Carter has taught in the Logan County district for 13 years and hasn't had a single disciplinary problem, he said. She's been a popular teacher.
Oh, no doubt...