Deputies: Ohio teacher cut class for prostitution

[CatWoman]

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio – A fourth-grade teacher had a side job as a prostitute, and even skipped class after using a school computer to arrange an afternoon tryst at a motel, authorities said Wednesday.

Amber Carter, 35, left school early on Tuesday — taking half a sick day — and was arrested in a motel parking lot in Bellefontaine, where authorities had set up a sting operation.

An anonymous e-mail was sent to the Logan County Sheriff's Department on Feb. 4 saying a local woman was posting cash-for-sex ads on the popular Web site Craigslist, Lt. Rob Bibart said.

Detectives found the ad and arranged Tuesday's meeting with Carter, he said.

"It was done very subtly. We pulled up, I identified myself," he said. "I put her in an unmarked car and off we went."

Detectives were uncertain how long Carter had been advertising for sex, Bibart said.

Bellefontaine, a small city of 13,000, is about 50 miles northwest of Columbus.

Carter was placed on administrative leave, said Bellefontaine City Schools Superintendent Larry Anderson. She has worked for the district for 13 years, starting as a kindergarten teacher.

"It's really a shock," Anderson said. "She's never been involved with any disciplinary issues or anything else. She's done a very good job."

A substitute teacher filled in for Carter at Western Intermediate School on Wednesday. The school's principal and guidance counselor met with the students to answer questions about the allegations, Anderson said. The school was to send a letter home to parents about the case.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090211/ap_on_re_us/ohio_teacher_prostitution

[Cleita]

1. I think Ohio needs to give their teachers a raise, a living wage or something.

I'm somewhat speechless.

[Enrique]

2. I hope whoever ratted her out is happy

hey, there's a hooker, call the cops! :eyes:

[Botany]

3. No

In this case she needs her ass kicked ...

Leaving school in the middle of the day to turn a trick?

I might be liberal but not that liberal.

[CatWoman]

5. LOL

And what if she were giving it away for free?

:hi:

[Enrique]

6. did the anonymous email tipster know it was a teacher?

if you see a hooker on the street, do you call the police?

[Lost in CT]

8. If I live in the neighboorhood...

Well yes.

Of course you do.

[Lost in CT]

7. She took some personal time....

"I might be liberal but not that liberal."

sorry but that is funny

[Botany]

14. I am funny that way

I do not want teachers to leave their classroom to turn a trick ..


Old School Rocks!

[rucky]

4. Cops found an ad of hers in Craigslist

"casual encounters"

[LisaL]

9. My bet he/she is happy.

Why wouldn't he/she be?

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. Ahem

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=5036373&mesg_id=5036373

[CatWoman]

11. I'm sorry

I didn't see your thread :cry:

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. Well it's really one of those stories that is kinda fun to share

and share widely :rofl:

I used to teach with a drug dealer who left school during the day to deal drugs. This almost trumps that. :)

[Stevenmarc]

12. She's hot if you are into a Shelly Winters circa 1971 fantasy

she has that "What's the Matter with Helen?" look