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Erin Ludig, a 39-year-old Louisiana teacher’s aide, has been accused of having a relationship with her daughter’s 17-year-old boyfriend.
According to authorities, Ludig turned herself into authorities on Monday, July 16, following allegations that she was involved in a sexual relationship with a D’Arbonne Woods Charter School student.
The Union Parish Sheriff’s Office said the investigation was opened approximately two weeks ago after a parent reported the relationship to school officials.
Sheriff Gates said that Ludig and the unidentified teen “did admit to sending inappropriate text messages and photographs.”
Ludig has been charged with charged with prohibited sexual conduct between an educator and a student.
The D’Arbonne Woods Charter School is located in Farmville, Louisiana.
Ludig is just the latest teacher to be charged for an alleged relationship with a teenager student. 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.
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.
