Amy was going for a track record, only not on the track.
If you get our drift.
June 5, 2008 - Amy Elder, 28, a Ripley High School teacher and softball coach , was arrested Tuesday and charged with sexual battery and statut
ory rape for a sexual relationship with at least two girls at Ripley High School over the past two years.
According to the Lauderdale County indictment, Elder had a sexual relationship with a 17 year-old girl from September to October 2006.Her trial is scheduled to begin October 21.
Police say there was another sexual encounter on Christmas Day of 2006. Documents also show Elder had another sexual relationship with a 15 year-old girl from March to June 2007. Police say there was another encounter on News Year's Eve 2007, and that the relationship continued between January and March of 2008.
GUILTY VERDICT October 23 - Elder was convicted of nine counts of child abuse. The nine criminal counts each carry a maximum punishment of 11 months and 29 days in jail. She will be sentenced December 19.
She faces similar sex charges involving another former student, and a second trial is scheduled for February.
