Former Carolina Teacher Convicted on Sex Charge

(Catawba County, North Carolina) A 56-year-old Forsyth County woman, Darlene Fenners Melton, has been convicted of engaging in sex with a 15-year-old male student more than a quarter-century ago.

A Catawba County Court convicted Melton on a charge of indecent liberties with a child.

According to police, Melton was teaching in Hickory when the incident took place in August 1987.

The victim was a 15-year-old male student, police said. Melton was 30 years old at the time.

The incident was reported to police earlier this year.

Melton was sentenced to between three and 10 years in prison.