Teacher Arrested for Sexual Abuse of Boy

(Greenwood, Arkansas) Deanna Bobo, 37, a married mother of five and special education teacher at Wells Jr. High School, has been arrested for sexually abusing a 14-year-old male student. Bobo turned herself in to the Sebastian County Detention Center late Thursday afternoon and was charged with first-degree sexual assault.

Police received a tip from the boy's mother about some explicit email communication between Bobo and the boy. Bobo initially denied having sex with the boy but, when confronted with the emails, she asked for a lawyer. According to Sgt. James Flynn of the Greenwood Police Department, detectives are now trying to determine if there are additional victims.

Bobo posted a $10,000 bond and was released. She is scheduled to appear before a circuit court judge next Wednesday.


[Update 11/21/05]

According to TheSmokingGun.com, Deanna Bobo is the 3,496th teacher to be arrested this year on charges that she had sex with an underage student. I follow this subject area fairly closely and I haven't seen near that many reported in the news. The Smoking Gun must have a special source of information.


[Update 01/12/06]

Another Boy Comes Forward

From nwanews.com:

GREENWOOD -- A local female teacher charged in November with having sex with a 14-year-old boy was charged Wednesday with two counts of violating another accuser, a former high school student who was a minor at the time.

An attorney representing Deanna Bobo, 38, of Greenwood entered an innocent plea to the charges Wednesday in Sebastian County Circuit Court.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit by Greenwood police detective James Flynn, the student told investigators that he had sexual contact with Bobo twice between Aug. 15, 2000, and May 31, 2001, while he was a sophomore in high school. The affidavit said another student witnessed the sexual contact between Bobo and the student accuser.

So, there's a witness to support the latest accusation.


[Update 08/02/06]

At pretrial hearing, judge disallows at least 11 witnesses. Deanna Bobo trial begins September 18.


[Update 09/26/06]

Bobo sentenced to 12 years in prison.