Tennessee Teacher Faces Sex Charges

(Greenback, Tennessee) A 39-year-old teacher at Greenback School, Angela Gay Masingo, has been accused of sending inappropriate Facebook messages to a student at a different school.

Masingo faces charges of solicitation of aggravated statutory rape and solicitation of sexual exploitation of a minor.

According to Loudon County School Director Jason Vance, Masingo has never been accused of any serious misconduct. She's been a teacher with the school system since 1995.

Now she's suspended without pay.[…]

The Blount County Sheriff's Office H.E.A.T. (Hi-tech Evidence and Technology) Unit and the Loudon County Sheriff's Office, as part of Internet Crimes Against Children Tennessee Task Force (ICAC), worked a joint investigation on Masingo.

Masingo has a court date scheduled for March 15.