Ericka Beverly Oxford, a 41-year-old volunteer track coach, has been arrested and charged with felony sexual contact after she was caught having sex with a 17-year-old student. Oxford helped coach at Fort Zumwalt East High School in Missouri.
According to reports, the student’s father caught Oxford and his 17-year-old son having intercourse in May 2018 following a team practice.
Bail was set at $20,000, with the condition that she not contact the victim or his family, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch announced.
The school sent out a letter to students to say that the incident did not occur on school grounds.
“St. Peters police assure me that none of the alleged contact occurred at school,” the letter said. “The accused passed a thorough background check used for volunteers and was registered with the Missouri State High School Activities Association.”
Ericka is just the latest teacher to be charged for an inappropriate relationship with a teenager. Over the course of just a few months, educators across the country were arrested for entering into an inappropriate relationship with their students, Tennessee teacher Janet Smothers, LaToya Parker, Florida teacher Caroline Lawson, 26-year-old Allyson Moran and Katherine Ross Ridenhour were all arrested on similar charges. A woman named Kayla Sprinkles was arrested in North Carolina for similar sexual crimes.
The list goes on to include 22-year-old Oklahoma science teacher Hunter Day, 28-year-old teacher Megan Kotarski, 23-year-old history teacher Michelle Schiffer, 29-year-old Alyssia Marie Reddy, special education teacher Jordan Ondish and 28-year-old Samantha Fitzpatrick have all been allegedly carrying on inappropriate relationships with their students.
In addition, 31-year-old Nicole Marie Andrews, 32-year-old Jessica Langford, 29-year-old Andrea Baber, 27-year-old Robin Dunlap, 27-year-old Jennifer Olajire-Aro have also been charged with these charges.
34-year-old Miranda Nicole Pauley was charged with similar crimes, Nancy Leigh Ann Brann, a former Christian school teacher, was arrested for having sex with a student, Coine Audiat pleaded no contest to having sex with a minor in 2016 and 23-year-old Darci Lake was arrested for an inappropriate relationship. 27-year-old Brittany Zamora from Arizona was arrested on similar charges. Keri Hoffman, 35, was also arrested for an alleged relationship with a student. More recently, 29-year-old Tiffany Ranweiler-Oblander and 33-year-old Maren Oates were arrested on similar charges.
High School Teacher Catches Felony Charge After Having Sex With Student
