JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) -- A West Tennessee teacher has been charged with statutory rape by an authority figure of a 14 year-old boy.
Milan police say 35 year-old Melissa Dawn McCord, a special education teacher at West Carroll Elementary in Atwood, had sex and exchanged sexually explicit text messages with a 14 year-old boy.
Police arrested McCord Thursday. According to Jackson Sun, she also is charged with providing obscene materials to a minor, solicitation of a minor and solicitation of a minor to observe sexual conduct.
The newspaper reported that the boy told police McCord preformed oral sex on him on two occasions at a city park.
According to the police report, McCord met the boy through her daughter, who was dating him.
McCord is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 11.
West Carroll Special School District Superintendent Eric Williams says McCord has been suspended without pay pending an internal investigation.
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Information from: The Jackson Sun, http://www.jacksonsun.com
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