Related News: Cullman County coach charged with rape after having sex with juvenile, sheriff says

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A volunteer basketball coach in Cullman County was arrested earlier this week after an investigation revealed he had sex with a juvenile, Sheriff Matt Gentry said.

Spencer Jackson Byrd, 21, of Cullman was arrested Wednesday. He has been charged with second-degree rape, second-degree sodomy and enticing a child, Gentry said.

Source: AL.com

Related News: Substitute’s relationship with teen discovered by mom on Facebook

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The juvenile’s parents filed a complaint with the sheriff’s office on Wednesday after becoming suspicious of inappropriate contact between their son and Holt. Sheriff Mike Blakely said Holt confessed to investigators.

According to the sheriff’s office, Holt met the teen when she was his substitute teacher last year at Clements High School. Limestone County Schools Superintendent Thomas Sisk said Holt filled in for four days during that time. Authorities said the woman ran into the 15-year-old at a local department store and began communicating after that. They said there is no evidence that any crime took place while school was in session.

Source: WSFA

Related News: Arrest shines light on human trafficking

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Police found out about the alleged crime when a female juvenile escaped a Dothan hotel room where she said she was being held. She ran to another hotel and a patron there called the police. She said she was taken from Mississippi, forced to take drugs and sold for sex.

Source: Dothan Eagle

Related News: Trial date set for accused teacher

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TA trial date was set Tuesday for a former Williams Intermediate School teacher who is accused of the rape of a juvenile boy.

St. Clair County Circuit Court Judge Jim Hill tentatively set the trial for Heather Rich Whitten, 38, of Pell City, for August.

Whitten was indicted in February for second-degree rape after she allegedly had sexual intercourse with a juvenile male who was younger than 16 years old but older than 12 years old. She was also indicted for sodomy and for enticing a child for immoral purposes.

Source: St. Clair Times