"I couldn’t even protect my own daughter,” the father said while sobbing.
May 7, 2007 - Julie Culbertson, 38, a health occupation teacher at East Henderson High School, was arrested on Friday charged with a 
sex offense involving a female * student.
Police: Culbertson faces a felony count of “sex offense of a student." Henderson resigned on Friday.
Full Name: Julie Miller Culbertson
May 8 - Deputies say the relationship went on for several weeks. After allegations were made, Culbertson quickly resigned from her job.
Anyone who may be a victim to come forward and call the Henderson County Sheriff's Department at 828-697-4596.
UPDATE June 30 - Culbertson's case was postponed until the next setting of the grand jury. No reason was given for the postponement. No specific date was given by the assistant D.A.
* Gender of victim only noted in June 30 story.
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LICENSE ACTION: June 2007. Action: Surrender
Reason: Charged with sex offense with student.
Source: N.C. Board of Education.
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SENTENCED September 2, 2008 - Per a plea agreement in July, Culbertson pleaded guilty to the felony charge and spent 30 days in the Henderson County jail. Culbertson was released from jail in August. She was formally sentenced today. The victim was a police officer's daughter.
Resident Superior Court Judge Mark Powell allowed the victim’s father to address the court about the incident.Culbertson is now on three years' probation.
“It’s a shame that in my 24 years in law enforcement I have protected strangers, and I couldn’t even protect my own daughter,” he said while sobbing.
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INTERESTING NOTE: truTV lists her in their Female Sex Offenders.
Culbertson, a registered nurse, was a health science teacher for the upper grades and the student in question is a girl. That's a rarity even among this uncommon type of predator. [TT - Not so uncommon. They have 25 pages on the topic.]Which probably accounts for her saying in court, "My actions did not come from a predatory intent, but were wrong.”
