NC Teacher Gets No Jail in Student Sex Case - Updated

(Goldsboro, North Carolina) Thirty-three-year-old Shannon Herring of Kinston appeared in court earlier today and pleaded guilty to two counts of neglect of a minor in accordance with an agreement with the prosecution. She received probation.

Herring had originally been charged with two counts of sexual activity with a 17-year-old male student.

She will have to serve 24 months of unsupervised probation, 50 hours of community service and pay a $300 fine.

Authorities say the encounters happened off campus in October & November of 2008.

Herring resigned her teaching position in March 2009.

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NC Teacher Arrested for Sex with Student
[Previous 3/4/09 post]
(Goldsboro, North Carolina) A 32-year-old teacher at Southern Wayne High School, Shannon Grace Herring, surrendered herself to the Wayne County Sheriff's Office yesterday to face charges of engaging in sex with a 17-year-old student.

Authorities were alerted to the alleged sex offenses by the student.

Detectives said the sexual encounters between Ms. Herring and the 17-year-old student took place twice -- between the dates of Oct. 16 and Nov. 18 -- and that Ms. Herring faces a Class G felony for the two offenses.

The Sheriff's Office also was not willing to disclose where the sexual encounters took place, describing it only as "a place within the county."

The detectives said the length of the investigation was necessary because they felt they needed to interview "quite a few people" in investigating the crime.

No news on bail.