Kentucky Teacher Gets Prison in Sex Case - Updated

(Paris, Kentucky) Thirty-four-year-old teacher formerly at Bourbon County High School, Melissa Arnett, was sentenced to three years in prison for engaging in sex with a 15-year-old male student.

Melissa Arnett told the mother of the 15-year old teenage boy that she was sorry she betrayed the trust a teacher should have with her students and the community.

Police say Arnett had sex with the teen at least five times during a two month period when she taught him at Bourbon County High School.

Eventualities regarding probation terms and registration as a sex offender were not reported.

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Kentucky Teacher Accused of Sex with Male Student
[Previous 7/14/09 post]
(Lexington, Kentucky) A 33-year-old special education teacher formerly at Bourbon County High School, Melissa Arnett, was arrested for allegedly engaging in sex with a 16-year-old male student at least five times during a two-month period.

Arnett faces a charge of sex abuse of a minor.

The boy's mother alerted authorities in June. When confronted with the allegations, Arnett reportedly confessed and resigned her teaching position.

Officers say Arnett often drove the student out of the county to have sex, but say she confessed to having sex once with him in Bourbon County.

Arnett was booked into custody and released this morning on $5,000 bail.