Contributing to the deliquency of a 16-year-old boy. Suspended sentence.
June 28, 2007 - Natalie Preston, 23, a teacher at Bassett High School, pleaded guilty to to one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. (Pleaded down from on one felony count of attempting to take indecent liberties with a minor while maintaining a custodial or supervisory position over such a minor in connection with a Sept. 11 incident.)
Preston, a former teacher at Bassett High School, had worked there for less than a month in the 2006-07 school year before information about an alleged inappropriate relationship surfaced in September, when the student was 16 and attending Magna Vista High School.Preston was placed on unpaid leave and resigned in October. Preston was sentenced to a 12-month suspended sentence and a $250 fine.
