Kentucky authorities have arrested a high school teacher for allegedly sexually assaulting one of her students.
Mary “Hanna” Mattingly was arrested in Nelson County on Monday, March 30.
The Bardstown Police Department said in a social media post the 31-year-old teacher was charged with first-degree sexual abuse and procuring or promoting the use of a minor by electronic means.
Mattingly is a teacher at Bardstown High School, police said. Calls to school administrators were not returned Monday.
Police allegedly received a report that Mattingly had been sexually assaulting a high school student, and as they investigated the claims, uncovered evidence proving just that.
Cops did not release any additional details about that evidence they’ve gathered against Mattingly.
In addition to sexually assaulting the student, Mattingly also sent them partially nude photographs.
Bardstown Police said the investigation remains ongoing. It was unclear if Mattingly had an attorney, and records did not indicate any pleas were entered, either by her or on her behalf.
Us Weekly was unable to determine how long Mattingly has worked at the school.
Anyone who may have additional information is asked to contact the department by calling (502) 348-6811. To make a report anonymously, call (502) 348-HEAT (4328).
Teacher arrests have been on the rise in recent weeks.
Last week, Nadia M. Horn was arrested in Wisconsin after Eau Claire Area School District employees told police there was “a potential inappropriate relationship between a staff member and a student.”
Authorities alleged Horn, 22, had “multiple” victims and that their investigation was continuing.
A former middle school teacher was arrested last week in New Jersey after being accused of raping a student. Gloucester County Prosecutor Andrew B. Johns confirmed that Ashley Fisler has been charged with six counts of first-degree sexual assault of a minor, one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and one count of second-degree official misconduct.
Fisler, 36, was arrested after the victim reported the allegations to police on January 23. The victim, who is now an adult, said that they were sexually assaulted by Fisler while they were a student in her class at Orchard Valley Middle School.
And in Massachusetts, a former teacher at a prestigious all-girls boarding school was arrested after he was accused of raping two of his students. Matthew Rutledge was indicted by a grand jury after two of his former Miss Hall’s School students, Hilary Simon and Melissa Fares, testified against him.
Rutledge, 64, was charged nearly two years after Simon, 39, and Fares, 33, first came forward with sexual abuse allegations against him.
