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Teacher Gets Jail. Probation
Sauk Valley News ^ | 8/25/2011 | Tara Becker

Posted on 08/25/2011 12:03:16 PM PDT by Froggie

MORRISON – The state Board of Education is awaiting court paperwork before suspending the license of a former Fulton High School English teacher convicted this week of having sex with a 16-year-old boy.

Nicole R. Letcher, 26, of Fulton, pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and was sentenced to 6 months in jail – half of which she’s already served – and 4 years of probation. She also must register as a sex offender.

As part of her plea agreement, Whiteside County prosecutors dropped three other sexual abuse charges.

By state law, an aggravated criminal sexual abuse conviction means an automatic revocation of a teaching license or certificate, and placement in a national database for school districts to see, board spokeswoman Mary Fergus said.

The state has not yet received the final court disposition, so no action has been taken, she said.

Letcher and the boy had sex several times between December and May. The River Bend School District received a tip about them on May 25 and reported it to the state Department of Children and Family Services and to Fulton Police. She was arrested the next day.

Letcher resigned June 20, new Superintendent Richard “Chuck” Holliday said Wednesday.

The district will continue to report such incidents promptly and comply with authorities, he said.

“Our top priority ... is the safety and well-being of our students and we are going to continue to keep that front and center,” Holliday said.


TOPICS: Education
KEYWORDS: jail; naughtyteacher; sex; teacher; yikes
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Guilty No Doubt. Do they ever learn. Do none of these "teachers" ever read a newspaper?
1 posted on 08/25/2011 12:03:20 PM PDT by Froggie
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Gotta just love her last name !! You couldn’t make that up!


2 posted on 08/25/2011 12:05:01 PM PDT by Froggie (uires)
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To: Froggie

Guilty!

3 posted on 08/25/2011 12:05:21 PM PDT by Dr. Thorne (Buy Gold and Guns Now!)
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To: Froggie

4 posted on 08/25/2011 12:05:32 PM PDT by 109ACS (If this be Treason, then make the most of it. Patrick Henry, May 1765)
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Yikes!
5 posted on 08/25/2011 12:05:49 PM PDT by liberalh8ter
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Nicole R. Letcher? LOL. You can't make this stuff up.
6 posted on 08/25/2011 12:06:24 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (Obama/Biden '12: No hope and chump change.)
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To: Dr. Thorne

OH NO! Miss Piggy’s been arrested!


7 posted on 08/25/2011 12:07:05 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Froggie

Was she teaching blind students?


8 posted on 08/25/2011 12:07:34 PM PDT by forgotten man (forgotten man)
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Very Guilty.


9 posted on 08/25/2011 12:07:42 PM PDT by mowowie
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GUILTY!
GUILTY!
GUILTY!

(what has been seen cannot be unseen)


10 posted on 08/25/2011 12:08:29 PM PDT by Grunthor (In order; Palin, Perry, None of the rest matter 'til the general)
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To: liberalh8ter

Yikes!


11 posted on 08/25/2011 12:09:24 PM PDT by p. henry
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To: 109ACS
Why'd you have to go and do that?
12 posted on 08/25/2011 12:11:03 PM PDT by Shqipo (I am the unofficial originator of the Mega-Bump! Only use judiciously.)
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To: Dr. Thorne

Still hittable, even with that “deer in the headlights” look.

After all, nobody (except Tom Delay) looks very good in their booking photo.


13 posted on 08/25/2011 12:12:14 PM PDT by SJSAMPLE
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Natalie Maines really has gone downhill since she left the Dixie Chicks.


14 posted on 08/25/2011 12:12:36 PM PDT by dfwgator
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They say they all get prettier at closing time, but this one??? I don’t know.


15 posted on 08/25/2011 12:13:52 PM PDT by Venturer
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16 posted on 08/25/2011 12:14:34 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Snickering Hound

17 posted on 08/25/2011 12:18:21 PM PDT by dfwgator
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Still hittable, even with that “deer in the headlights” look. After all, nobody (except Tom Delay) looks very good in their booking photo.

Gentlemen and gentlewomen of the jury, we have here a reasoned appraisal. Myself, I don't think this rather compact lady will keep with age, but that's then and this is now... and the lad is 16.

18 posted on 08/25/2011 12:20:15 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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"Natalie Maines really has gone downhill since she left the Dixie Chicks."

Ouch - she does look like her.

19 posted on 08/25/2011 12:24:22 PM PDT by RabidBartender (The above statement is not meant to be offensive to women. Please don't whine and have me banned.)
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God Almighty. I thought Natalie Maines cut her hair off and was quietly petitioning for the release of the “West Memphis Three”.
20 posted on 08/25/2011 12:28:35 PM PDT by youngidiot (Hear Hear!)
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