Arkansas Teacher Accused of Sex with Student

(Hope, Arkansas) A 27-year-old civics teacher at Murfreesboro High School, Monica Lee Teel, has been accused of engaging in sex with one of her students.

Teel faces a charge of first-degree sexual assault.

Sheriff's investigators say they were notified by the Crimes Against Children Division of the Arkansas State Police that a teacher had been reported for meeting with a student at a cabin to have sex.

Teel was booked into custody at the Hempstead County Detention Center.