ARRESTED: June 1, 2007 - Miranda Peters, 26, an art teacher at Appalachia High School and Appalachia Primary School, was arrested on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor for urging another student to lie to police about the alleged relationship with another girl. The teacher is being investigated for an improper relationship with a female high school student.
Peters will be arraigned on Wednesday.
Full Name: Naomi Miranda Peters
This is the second criminal probe of a Wise County school division employees this year.
Earlier this week, Darlene A. Blagg, a teacher's aide pleaded guilty to three counts of taking indecent liberties with a child under 18 while employed in a supervisory role over children. She was sentenced to 30 days in jail, a three-year suspended prison sentence, two years of supervised probation, and one year of unsupervised probation. Blagg will also be a registered sex offender, a lifelong status.
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GUILTY PLEA AND SENTENCED: July 11 - Peters pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor and was given a 10-day suspended sentence and one-year of unsupervised probation.
Peters was not charged with having an improper relationship with the student, but she was arrested on the last day of school last month and charged with asking another student to lie to police, said Capt. Mike Holbrook, an investigator with the sheriff’s office.The investigation is still ongoing.
