Naughty Florida Teacher Gets Probation - Updated

(Tallahassee, Florida) Former science teacher at Lincoln High School, Karolyn Nagel, 24, pleaded no contest Wednesday to one count of child abuse.

As a result, she was sentenced to probation and 45 days at the Sheriff's work camp.

Prosecutor Jack Campbell says he wanted to ensure that Nagel's record would serve as a warning to any future employers that Nagel should not work with children.

He says while the text messages sent between Nagel and the student were explicit and inappropriate, he could not prove that the two ever had sex.

The judge prohibited Nagel from having any contact with her victim or children (except her own).

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Florida Teacher Allegedly Naughty with Student
[Previous 6/17/09 post]
(Tallahassee, Florida) A 24-year-old Earth Science teacher at Lincoln High School, Karolyn Nagel, was arrested last night for alleged inappropriate behavior with a 17-year-old male student. Nagel faces charges of traveling to meet a minor and computer pornography,

The Sheriff’s Office was first alerted to a possible sexual relationship between the teacher and student last November by the Department of Children and Families, [Leon County Sheriff's Sgt.] Drzewiecki said in a release.

During that investigation, detectives discovered that Nagel and the boy had called or texted each other thousands of times between Sept. 1, 2008, and Jan. 26 of this year, according to a report released Wednesday night. Many of the text messages between Nagel and the victim were sexually explicit, the Sheriff’s Office reported.

A detective interviewed both Nagel and the student about the allegations and both denied any sexual or inappropriate relationship existed or had occurred. [...]

During this investigation, Nagel and the victim maintained their relationship was not of a sexual or inappropriate nature; however, after an investigation, which included interviews and obtaining cell phone records of text messages, it appears Nagel and the victim were sexually involved, the Sheriff’s Office reported.

Nagel was booked into custody at the Leon County Jail with bond set at $5,000 on each charge.