Robertsdale Teacher Arrested

Alabama Robertsdale  Verna Bennett is a teacher at South Baldwin School for Technology. Police say she grabbed a student's butt.
by Jamie Burch
Published: Mon, March 09, 2009 - 12:44 pm CST Last Updated: Mon, March 09, 2009 - 3:18 pm CST
A Robertsdale teacher is accused of inappropriately touching a student.

According to police, a 15-year-old Foley High School student told her parents that Verna Bennett, a cosmetology teacher at South Baldwin Center for Technology, grabbed her butt. Police investigated. A judge issued a warrant for Bennett's arrest and she turned herself in.

Bennett is charged with harassment, which is a Class C misdemeanor. She posted a 500 dollar bond and was released.

A spokesperson for Baldwin County Schools says Bennett, who was hired last August, has been placed on paid administrative leave. There are no other complaints in her file.

Students from around south Baldwin County attend the school part time to take career-technical classes.
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She’s lucky she’s not going to be labeled a sex offender for the rest of her life.

Information has been left out.  This story is too vague.  It sounds like the student wanted to cause some trouble for this teacher.  It doesn’t say the woman did anything other that pat her behind.  With todays standards I guess that would be harrassment but only in todays standards.  It would have been called being a “baby” when I was growing up.

This IS a part of News Five.

I think TD just tried to grab my butt!  Who do I call?

Thats right…you dont….If you are unhappy with the content of the article, please call News 5.

So, if a teenager is not happy with her grade, or thinks the teacher is too hard on her for some reason, all she has to do is say the teacher grabbed her butt?  Then a judge signs a warrant and the cops swoop in on the woman?

All I said was that I hope this was investigated properly, which is not suggested by the article.  I have no idea what happened.

it looks like the child infirmed her parents, and went to the police. they took a statment and may or may not have interview any witnesses, there may have been any. based on the charge the police went to a judge who signed a warrent for her arrest. she tunred herself in. her name is run all around the newspaper and all over town. she will forver be known as not the teacher, not the nice lady from church, but that child molester. a year or too go by and the charges are never prosecuted or noll prossed, and off in the corner of a beauty shop on the edge of town that child molester is working. the unnamed 15 year ols fades off into obscurity somewhere, perhaps to have her hair cut one day by that child molester, and not even remember it.

“A judge issued a warrant for Bennett’s arrest and she turned herself in.”

All they have to do is add “After a thorough investigation….” at the beginning of the above sentence and it would alleviate many possible questions.

There ya go again TF….  Not reading what I actually wrote and inserting BS.

There ya go again Bob…You makin assumptions bout things you dont know anything about…How can you arrive at your belefs from this press release? Surely you dont think the police are going to release the details of any investigation involving a child in a case such as this?

agree bob.

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