An Arkansas high school teacher is accused of having sex with four of her students and allegedly had two of them at her apartment on the same day.
The art teacher, Jessie Lorene Goline, 25, of Jonesboro, was arrested Wednesday after a months long investigation began into her sexual relations with four students between January and April of 2016.
Marked Tree High School officials discovered a concerned parent was threatening to ‘do bodily harm to one of their teachers,’ and had accused Goline of having sex with several students, prompting the investigation according to ArkansasOnline.
Jessie Lorene Goline, 25, of Jonesboro an art teacher at an Arkansas high school is accused of having sex with four students and allegedly took two to her apartment for sex on the same day
Goline is accused of sending inappropriate messages to students, including sending one a photo of herself in a thong
Goline was arrested Wednesday
Students who were sexually involved with Goline came forward to authorities. One told investigators she came onto him during class, telling him ‘how good he looked in class,’ and said she sent him a photo of her in a thong.
One of her students said Goline picked him up and took him to her apartment in the afternoon.
They had sex, and she dropped him back at Marked Tree High School later that day.
He told investigators another classmate was at her apartment later that night.
All four of the students had started texting with the art teacher, and said the exchanges became more sexually charged over time.
Three of the students were from the Marked Tree School District and another was from the East Poinsett County School District.
She is facing only one count of sexual assault because out of the four students she is accused of sleeping with, just one of them was under 18.
Goline claimed that the underage teen lied about his age. She told school officials she found out after they had sex that he was ‘way younger than what he had told her,’ according to court documents.
When Marked Tree Principal Matt Wright asked her if she had inappropriate contact with students she responded ‘I’m not going to lose my husband,’ but added, ‘We had sex,’ according to KAIT-TV.
The teacher had sexual relations with four of her students between January and April of 2016
When the principal confronted her she said ‘I’m not going to lose my husband’ before she confessed to having sex with the students
Wright said the school officials were in the middle of calling a hotline to report the art teacher when she came into his office crying. He asked her what was wrong, and it was then he says, that she confessed.
Goline was booked into the Craighead County Detention Center Wednesday afternoon on a $5,000 bond.
She is due back in court on October 31. If convicted she could face 10 to 40 years in prison.