Virginia Teacher Sentenced for Sex with Student - Update

(Rustburg, Virginia)

Campbell County Circuit Court Judge John T. Cook sentenced Kathleen Cawthorne, 33, of Rustburg on May 16 to a total of 11 years for one count of indecent liberties with a child and three counts of electronic solicitation of a minor.

He suspended the time to be served to four months.

Cawthorne will also be on supervised probation for three years and must register as a sex offender.

Cawthorne’s probation officer had testified that Cawthorne was bipolar with facets of hypersexuality which is probably the reason her sentence went from 11 years to four months.

Just think, if Cawthorne was lucky enough to also suffer from the heartbreak of psoriasis, she might have been sentenced to no jail at all.

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Virginia Teacher Guilty of Sex with Student - Update
[Previous 1/18/13 post]
(Rustburg, Virginia)

A former Campbell County teacher who had a sexual relationship with a student was found guilty Thursday.

Kathleen Cawthorne, 32, pleaded no contest to taking indecent liberties with a minor and three counts of electronic solicitation of a minor.

Prosecutors presented new evidence at trial, claiming not only did Cawthorne send naked pictures of herself to a 17 year-old student, she had sex with him too.

The inappropriate relationship began in March 2012 when the victim, a student in Cawthorne's study hall class at William Campbell Combined school, asked for her cell phone number.

Prosecutors say in the next two weeks they sent naked pictures to each other, and eventually drove to a field where the two had sexual intercourse.

A sentencing date hasn't been scheduled.

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Virginia Teacher Accused of Indecency with Male Student
[Previous 4/4/12 post]
(Campbell County, Virginia) A 32-year-old science teacher at William Campbell High School, Kathleen Cawthorne, has been accused of taking indecent liberties with a 17-year-old male student.

Cawthorne faces three counts of using an electronic device to solicit a minor and one count of taking indecent liberties with a minor.

Maj. L.T. Guthrie, of the Campbell County Sheriff’s Office, said the charges are based on incidents deputies believe took place between March 7 and March 13.

Deputies do not believe the offenses occurred on school property.

Cawthorne, 32, who began her career at the high school in 2003, was put on leave March 21, said Superintendent Robert Johnson. She was no longer employed by the school the following day.

Cawthorne was booked into custody at the Blue Ridge Regional Jail and released on $9,000 bond.