Teacher Hit With New Sex Charges

(Columbia, Maryland) In February 2007, a 27-year-old former special education teacher at Hammond Middle School, Kirsten Ann Kinley, was arrested for engaging in sex with a 15-year-old boy.

Kinley allegedly emailed explicit photos of herself to the boy and had sex with him on two occasions in December 2004 and January 2005. After the victim exposed the relationship to a therapist, police were alerted.

This week, a second student accused Kinley of inappropriate sexual conduct. As a result, a grand jury indicted Kinley on three counts of third-degree sex offense against a 14-year-old boy. Also, the Howard County Board of Education terminated her employment.

Kinley remains free on $75,000 bond.


[Update 08/28/07]

Kinely pleads guilty. Sentencing in November.


[Update 11/15/07]

Kinley sentenced to prison.