A Texas teaching aide has been accused of having sex with three male students.
Ashlyn Faye Bell, 24, was charged with improper relationship between educator and student and sexual assault of a child, according to a report published Thursday by the Texarkana Gazette. The teaching aide was employed from Aug. 5, 2019 to May 22, Texarkana Independent School District spokesperson Tina Veal Gooch told the outlet.
A teacher’s aide accused of having sex with two 17-year-olds and a 16-year-old was arrested in Texarkana, Texas.https://t.co/Erfcbbj50L
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Two of the students were reportedly 17 at the time of the alleged sexual activity, while the third was 16.
A teacher reported Bell to the police after overhearing a conversation between a group of male students. One of the students was reportedly teasing another about being the father of a pregnant teacher’s baby.
The student claimed Bell had already “told him he was not the daddy.” (RELATED: Teacher Charged After Reportedly ‘Repeatedly’ Raping 13-Year-Old Student)
All alleged sexual encounters between the three students and Bell reportedly took place at her place of residence.
The first boy claimed the sexual encounter took place over Thanksgiving break 2019 after the teacher had been communicating with him via Snapchat. The two met at a truck stop and Bell took him to her home. Afterwards, the teacher reportedly took the student to his home.
The second boy was being tutored by Bell outside of school. During one of the tutoring visits in the fall of 2019 to her home, Bell and the boy allegedly engaged in sexual activity.
The third boy began communicating with Bell via Snapchat. He allegedly “jokingly told Bell he was coming to see her” after a football game on Nov. 22. She later messaged him asking if he was coming, according to the same report. The teacher then allegedly picked him up from his home and dropped him back off at 5:15 a.m.
Bell and the student allegedly had sex again the following weekend.
Bell was arrested in June and is now out on $150,000 worth of bonds, the outlet reported.