A teacher who reportedly had sex with a student more than 20 times could face the end of her career and a prison sentence.
Melissa Marie Curtis, 31, has been arrested and charged with multiple sexual offences for allegedly engaging in sexual acts with a minor. Authorities believe there may be more victims, reports WBAL.
The alleged offences took place while Curtis was a teacher in Montgomery County in Maryland, US. On October 5, The Montgomery County Department of Police – Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) began investigating claims made by an adult man saying he had sexual relations with Curtis when he was too young to give legal consent.
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An arrest warrant was obtained for Curtis on October 31, which saw her charged with the sexual abuse of a minor and several counts of third and fourth-degree sexual offences. She turned herself in on Tuesday (November 7) and is currently awaiting a bond hearing.
Investigators said the alleged abuse began in January 2015, when Curtis was 22 and the alleged victim was 14, and lasted until May of that year – all while she was a teacher at Montgomery Village Middle School. Police documents obtained by Fox5 claim the incidents took place inside a school as well as in Curtis' vehicle and several residences in the county.
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Police also claim Curtis supplied the victim with alcohol and cannabis as well as having sexual intercourse with him more than 20 times.
Curtis was a teacher in the district for about two years and had also taught at Lakelands Park Middle School during her time there.
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