Dec 4, 2007 - Lana Jo Rinehart, 28, a West Preston Middle School physical education teacher, has agreed to a plea deal in which she'll serve two years' supervised probation and surrender her teaching license.
Preston County Prosecuting Attorney Melvin C. Snyder III said Monday that the deal, known as a pretrial diversion, was done at the request of the victim and the boy's mother.From blogger Interested Participant: The boy was 13-years-old. She was indicted in June was indicted on charges of third-degree sexual assault and sexual abuse by a custodian. Both are felonies. The crimes occurred in September.
Rinehart was charged in 2006 with third-degree sexual assault and sexual abuse by a custodian. According to court documents, the incident happened in September 2005, about two months before Rinehart resigned from the school system.
