Teacher Accused of Sex with Boy, 13

(Denton, Texas) A 28-year-old 7th-grade English teacher at Strickland Middle School, Lauren Cosgrove, has been arrested for allegedly engaging in sexual relations with a 13-year-old boy she was babysitting.

The boy's parents alerted Denton Police after the boy admitted to them that he had sex with Cosgrove on at least two occasions. No sexual contact allegedly occurred during the school year.

Married and the mother of at least one child, Cosgrove faces two counts of aggravated sexual assault on a child. She was booked into the Denton City jail with bond set at $20,000.


[Update 10/25/07]

Cosgrove accused of tampering with a witness.