Teacher Gets 5 Years for Molesting Boy

(Whitfield County, Georgia) Last December, 42-year-old math teacher at Whitfield County Career Academy, Frances Cook, was booked for molestation of a 15-year-old boy. Cook had been caught in a compromising position with the boy in a parked car behind the elementary school.

Today, Frances Cook pleaded guilty to charges of sexual battery and aggravated child molestation. A judge sentenced her to five years in prison and 15 years probation. Cook was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine and, under Georgia law, must serve at least 65 percent of her sentence before being eligible for parole.

In her defense, Cook said she was abandoned and sexually abused as a child. Deputies hauled her to jail immediately after the proceedings.