Posted on 04/29/2008 9:14:13 AM PDT by ozark hilljilly
MAGNOLIA -- Police say the motives of a teacher accused of taking three youngsters to motels to engage in sex in a nearby town aren't known.
Donna Lou Sanders, 46, of Magnolia, was released on $100,000 bond Friday. She is charged with 12 counts of permitting abuse of a minor, and 10 counts of rape. Columbia County deputy prosecutor David Butler said she is being treated at a private mental health center.
Chief Robert Gorum said Sanders told investigators on Wednesday, the day she was arrested, that she committed all of the crimes of which she is being accused.
Sanders, who was a special education teacher at Magnolia Junior High School, resigned from that job on Wednesday with a letter that consisted of a single sentence: "Due to catastrophic events that have taken place within my family, I do hereby resign as a teacher in the Magnolia School District."
Some details of the allegations against Sanders emerged Friday when authorities released a probable-cause affidavit written by Detective Todd Dew in support of the charges against Sanders. On the version provided to reporters, the names of the juveniles involved were blacked out, and it was not known if any were students in Sanders' classes.
According to the affidavit, Magnolia Junior High principal Chris Hurley said he had spoken with two girls -- one 12 years old, the other 13 -- and a 15-year-old male who was also involved. The youngsters confirmed incidents involving sexual activity and also told Hurley that Sanders had provided them with alcohol, the affidavit said...
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That "special place in hell" will be VERY crowded at the rate things are going.
(my 1st article post, I hope I didn't mess up too badly.)
What kind of goobldigook is this? The motive is written right into the sentence that says the motive is unknown. How about the part, to engage in sex?.
I know the headline is silly now, but it was an updated article, so I guess they just kept the original headline and added all the latest details.
Guiltier than any woman who's ever lived, by God!!! ;)
Guilty !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Police say the motives of a teacher accused of taking three youngsters to motels to engage in sex in a nearby town aren’t known.”
Didn’t they answer their own question?
The teacher’s motive was to have the children engage in sex, right?
From Arkansas.
I knew this wouldn't turn out well...
heh.... jinx
You sure that’s not a MAN?!?
Bad teacher, BAD. God help those poor kids. :*(
Is she cute? NOT GUILTY!!!
UBER GUILTY!
You kidding? I wouldn't even give you odds that it's a carbon-based life form! ;)
Guilty.
Hey, isn’t that Ms. Wilder from Little House?
Guilty beyond human imagination.
That’s not a teacher. That’s Andy Dick!
To paraphrase Willie Sutton: "Because that's where the beds are."
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