CLINTON, N.C. -- A former North Carolina middle school teacher accused of having sex with a 15-year-old student has been arrested again after police found her with the same boy.
Jeannie Michelle Hodges resigned as a language arts teacher from Hobbton Middle School just before she was charged in July with statutory rape and accused of having an affair with a former student. Released on bond, the 40-year-old Autryville woman was ordered to stay away from the boy.
But WRAL-TV reports Friday that Hodges was arrested Aug. 30 after authorities stopped her car at a checkpoint. The teen was driving, and Hodges was in the passenger seat.
Hodges was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor and allowing an unlicensed driver to drive. She was released on bond, but prosecutors say her initial bond could now be revoked.
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COULD be revoked?
It SHOULD have been revoked immediately upon her second arrest. There should be a statuatory provision in state law for immediate revokation of bond for ANY crime upon a subsequent arrest.
What gives?
I don't understand these teachers that get involved with students. What are they thinking? Is the sex worth losing your career over and going to jail for? A teacher is a person of authority and is supposed to be helping students, but instead helping themselves to the students? This is ridiculous and new laws need to be introduced to put a stop to this. Make the laws stronger and get these predators off the street. And yes, they are predators!!!!! This woman is a predator of the worst kind - those that are entrusted with our children and then do something like this!! Where are the boy's parents? Someone needed to keep a better eye on this boy!! Many years ago, someone would have taken a man or woman who messed with their child out behind the barn and beat them!! Sometimes I wonder if we shouldn't go back to that type of justice!!!!!!
What?
I just want to know where these teachers were when I was in school?