Tennessee Teacher Accused of Rape of Student

(Crossville, Tennessee) A 26-year-old teacher at the Phoenix School, Heather Michelle Chesser, has been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly engaging in sex with a teenage student.

Chesser faces two counts of statutory rape and two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure.

Officials of the Phoenix School, which offers alternative educational programs, alerted investigators to "inappropriate contact" between Chesser and a boy at the school, according to a news release. Authorities didn't give specifics.

Chesser was booked and released on $10,000 bond. A court appearance is tentatively scheduled for January 25.