Rookie Teacher Arrested for Sex with Boy

(Lawrence, Kansas) A 24-year-old first-year teacher at Lawrence High School, Meredith L. Kane, was arrested last Friday for allegedly engaging in sex with a 15-year-old male student. Kane faces two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and two counts of sodomy.

The sexual episodes with the boy are reported to date back to August 2006 indicating that Kane started mixing it up with the boy at about the exact same time she started her teaching career.

It hasn't been reported whether the boy was Kane's student.

Kane has been suspended with pay pending the outcome of the investigation. A court appearance has been scheduled for April 10th.


[Update 07/02/07]

Kane pleads guilty. Sentencing in Oct.


[Update 12/20/07]

Meredith Kane sentenced to 59 months in prison.