Mississippi Teacher Gets Prison - Updated

(Gulfport, Mississippi) Former grade school teacher Katryna L. Martin pleaded guilty yesterday to engaging in sex with a 14-year-old female student she was tutoring in her home.

Martin was convicted on charges of sexual battery, touching of a child for lustful purposes and two counts of exploitation.

Circuit Judge Roger Clark gave her a total of 20 years and suspended 13 years, leaving seven to serve, followed by five years of probation.

Assistant District Attorney Joel Smith said Martin must serve the seven years day-for-day without eligibility for early release because of the nature of the crimes.

Upon release from prison, Martin must register as a sex offender for life.

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Gunfire-Involved Teacher-Sex Case - Updated
[Previous 6/11/10 post]
(Gulfport, Mississippi) Arrested and charged last year for allegedly engaging in sex with both a teen girl and a teen boy, 29-year-old Katryna (aka Catryna) Martin has been arrested again.

Officers were tipped off that Martin was attempting to meet the girl she had already been accused of raping.

When officers arrived, they tried to arrest Martin, but she jumped in her car and sped toward them.

A Harrison County investigator who was assisting in the investigation fired one round, which was enough to bring Martin to a stop.

Martin has been charged with one count of exploitation of a child and one count of aggravated assault. She was booked into custody at the Harrison County Adult Detention Center with bond set at $1 million.

Assuming that it's happened somewhere before, a gunfire-involved teacher-sex case is nevertheless exceedingly rare. It's the first for this blog.

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Mississippi Teacher Accused of New Sex Offense
[Previous 3/5/09 post]
(Gulfport, Mississippi) For the second time in three weeks, 28-year-old teacher Katryna (aka Catryna) Martin has been charged with allegedly engaging in sex with an underage youth.

Gulfport police officials say Katryna Martin has been charged with statutory rape for allegedly having sex with a 15-year-old male. Police say the crime occurred at her home. [...]

In February, Martin was charged with having a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old female, also at her home. At that time, she was booked and released on a $1 million bond.

Martin was booked into custody at the Harrison County Jail with bond set at $500,000.

Interesting, sex with girl nets a bond amount twice as much as sex with boy.

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Mississippi Teacher Accused of Sex with Girl
[Previous 2/14/09 post]
(Gulfport, Mississippi) A 28-year-old science teacher at North Gulfport Grade School, Catryna L. Martin, has been arrested for allegedly engaging in sex with a 14-year-old female, a former student.

Martin has been charged with one count of sexual battery and one count of molestation.


[Update 2/16/09]

Martin was released from custody on Saturday after posting $1 million bond. According to Harrison County School Superintendent Henry Arledge, Martin has been suspended from her teaching position.

Uh -- just wondering, how does a teacher come up with funds to cover $1 million in bond?