Tennessee Teacher Gets Probation in Nude Breasts Case - Updated

(Clarksville, Tennessee) According to the district attorney's office, Jessica Percifull was scheduled to go to trial today on a charge of sexual exploitation of a minor. She had been indicted for allegedly taking a picture of her nude upper body and e-mailing it to a 17-year-old student.

Instead of a trial, the case was dismissed and Percifull entered guilty pleas to two counts of exhibiting harmful material to a minor. Both charges are A misdemeanors.

Through an agreement reached by Assistant District Attorney Kimberly Lund and Percifull's attorney John Maher, Percifull was sentenced to 11 months and 29 days on each charge, giving her an almost two-year sentence.

She will serve the consecutive sentences on a judicial diversion and will have to report to probation.

Percifull was also barred from teaching, having contact with her victim or contact with any children other than her own.

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Teacher Accused of Sexual Exploitation
[Previous 12/6/08 post]
(Clarksville, Tennessee) A 26-year-old biology teacher at Northeast High School, Jessica Percifull (aka Perciful), was arrested on Thursday for alleged sexual exploitation of a minor. Percifull is married to a U.S. Army soldier stationed at Ft. Campbell and has a son.

Specific details of the alleged crime have not been released.

Jim Knoll, public information officer for the Clarksville Police Department, said last week that the allegation against the teacher was turned over to the Child Advocacy Center, and was being investigated by Detective Ginger Fitting.

Elise Shelton, chief communications officer for the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, said last week that Percifull was under investigation and was put on administrative leave Nov. 1.

Percifull was booked into custody at the Montgomery County Jail and later released on $10,000 bond.