Billings, MONTANA

October 31, 2008 - Billings Senior High School teacher Stacey Rambold, 49, has been charged with three counts of felony sexual intercourse without consent. (She was not 16, which is the age of consent in Montana. And Rambold was three years older.) He resigned in July after the district found evidence to support the allegations. Rambold also agreed to surrender his Montana teaching certificate.

Prosecutors allege in charging documents filed Friday that Rambold performed oral and digital sex acts on a ninth-grade female student over the course of several months, including one instance in his school office. The incidents are alleged to have happened between October and December of last year when the girl was 14 years old, the affidavit states. She turned 15 in February.

The eight-page affidavit describes a police investigation that included numerous interviews with teachers and students at Senior High. One teacher told police that several of her students told her in mid-April they suspected Rambold and the girl of having an inappropriate relationship. The teacher said the students reported that Rambold was "never in the classroom during class," and Rambold and the girl were often alone together in his office during class.

It wasn't until April 24 that the girl told a church group leader that she had been sexually assaulted by a teacher, according to court records. The church member told the girl's mother, who then called police.

Ramold has not been arrested but will be issued a notice to appear in court on the charges, said Deputy County Attorney Rod Souza.
Full Name: Stacey Dean Rambold

ARRESTED November 1, 2008 - Rambold was arrested Friday, booked in the Yellowstone County jail and released after posting $25,000 bail, Deputy County Attorney Rod Souza said. He will likely be arraigned Nov. 10