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Texas girls basketball coach accused of having sex with 5 students (Guilty as sin)
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times ^ | Posted May 16, 2011 at 3:18 p.m., updated May 16, 2011 at 7:35 p.m | AP Staff

Posted on 05/16/2011 9:30:17 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative

ARLINGTON — A suburban North Texas high school teacher has been accused of having sex with five 18-year-old students at her home and was released on bond Monday.

Brittni Nicole Colleps, an English teacher at Kennedale High School, is charged with five counts of having an inappropriate relationship between a student and teacher — a second-degree felony. It is a criminal offense for teachers to have sex with a primary or secondary school student, no matter the student’s age. A conviction carries a penalty of anywhere from two years to 20 years in prison per count.

The Arlington woman was booked into the city jail after turning herself in Monday morning and posted a $125,000 bond for her release that afternoon, police spokeswoman Tiara Ellis Richard told The Associated Press.

A telephone message left at Colleps’ home was not returned.

Authorities allege Colleps, 27, had sex with the students at her home over the past two months. Arlington authorities began investigating the allegations after hearing about them from school staff and Kennedale police on May 11.

During the investigation, Arlington detectives learned that Colleps and students had exchanged text messages that included sexually explicit pictures, Richard said. Students also told detectives of having sex at the teacher’s home.

Kennedale school Superintendent Gary Dugger told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that school officials learned about it Tuesday night and by Wednesday afternoon had gone to police.

Tarrant County records show Colleps has been married for seven years, the Star-Telegram reported.

Aside from being a first-year English teacher, Colleps coached the freshman girls’ basketball team.

She was placed on paid administrative leave until the end of the school year, said Mike Leasor, attorney for the Kennedale school system. Colleps had resigned her teaching contract in April, before the scandal came to light, Leasor said.

Kennedale is a town of about 7,300 residents near Arlington eight miles southeast of Fort Worth. The high school has about 3,200 students.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: education; heterosexualagenda; naughtyteacher; schools
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To: Paleo Conservative
They should be dieselboarded first.

Okay!

I literally choked on my coffee!

81 posted on 05/17/2011 4:40:23 AM PDT by Eaker (The problem with the internet, you're never sure of the accuracy of the quotes. Abraham Lincoln '65)
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To: Paleo Conservative

“Hypothetical situation, huh, alright, I’m standing on a street corner and Ms Gray there comes up and propositions me. She says if I come home with her, for five dollars she’ll put on an exhibition with a shetland pony.”
“What are you trying to do Callaghan?”
“I’m just trying to find out if anybody in this room knows what the hell law’s being broken besides cruelty to animals!”


82 posted on 05/17/2011 4:52:00 AM PDT by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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To: Sporke

how about president and intern


83 posted on 05/17/2011 5:13:26 AM PDT by bdfromlv (Leavenworth hard time)
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To: Sherman Logan
I’m curious what unalienable right you think this law violates.

I don't. That's why I said I was not referring to the specific matter at hand. Though, now that I think of it, it could probably violate the right of the people to peaceably assemble, ha ha ha; assemble in the sense of insert tab A into slot B.
84 posted on 05/17/2011 5:20:27 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: Deagle

The law is to prevent a teacher who has authority over a student to take advantage or coerce a student into doing something he or she might not want to do.


85 posted on 05/17/2011 5:27:41 AM PDT by goldi (')
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To: Deagle; big'ol_freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie
Re: Not sure why it is a “felony” to have sex with someone of age. While it is a breach of trust between teacher and studant, can someone explain why this if a felony?

Gadzooks! What are you smoking? Or better yet, how old is your bed mate?

Mine... was made last Thursday!

86 posted on 05/17/2011 5:30:17 AM PDT by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: Paleo Conservative

#37

lol


87 posted on 05/17/2011 6:19:31 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: trapped_in_LA

Recruiting is also happening at gay clubs in High Schools, often “sponsored” by colleges looking for youngins


88 posted on 05/17/2011 6:21:08 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Paleo Conservative
Go to the linke to the Fox story from KDFW. It was 5 male students.

Her P* fit like a glove.

89 posted on 05/17/2011 6:22:25 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Paleo Conservative

Sausage casing.


90 posted on 05/17/2011 6:24:07 AM PDT by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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To: dfwgator
Her P* fit like a glove.

LOL!

91 posted on 05/17/2011 6:45:12 AM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: SeeSharp
Kennedale is a town of about 7,300 residents near Arlington eight miles southeast of Fort Worth. The high school has about 3,200 students.

Is there anything more annoying than sloppy journalism?


Many small towns in Texas near major metropolitan areas get swallowed up by the growth of the cities. The town's school district could cover a large rural area. That rural area then gets covered up by urban sprawl. Hence a small town with a very large school district population.
92 posted on 05/17/2011 6:53:48 AM PDT by TexanByBirth
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To: goldi

“The law is to prevent a teacher who has authority over a student to take advantage or coerce a student into doing something he or she might not want to do.”

How could the students be coerced or intimidated into a relationship? All they would have to do is report it and she becomes a felon.


93 posted on 05/17/2011 6:55:51 AM PDT by antisocial (Texas SCV - Deo Vindice)
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To: Paleo Conservative
I can't believe I have to explain this on a conservative website!

That is what happens when you have so many people on this site who come here just to argue with a fence post.
94 posted on 05/17/2011 7:02:14 AM PDT by TexanByBirth
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To: antisocial

How do some women get coerced or intimidated into getting an abortion?


95 posted on 05/17/2011 7:20:36 AM PDT by goldi (')
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To: Bobalu

Dude, why you gotta go hating on Sitting Bull like that?


96 posted on 05/17/2011 7:26:50 AM PDT by Lee'sGhost (Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
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To: bdfromlv

“how about president and intern”

What about it? There is no law against a president gettin a hummer from his intern, as long as it’s voluntary.

While I agree that a teacher probably shouldn’t be bangin his/her students, I still find it silly that it’s illegal, as long as both people are over 18.


97 posted on 05/17/2011 8:04:20 AM PDT by Sporke (USS-Iowa BB-61)
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To: Bender2

Damned horny Texas teachers...there ought-to-be-a-law!!

Oh, there is! :):)


98 posted on 05/17/2011 8:21:06 AM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: Paleo Conservative
Just because they have a law doesn't mean the law is just or moral..............

If they pass a law outlawing firearms will you turn yours in, after all it is the law..

“Rebellion to tyranny to obebenience to God.”

99 posted on 05/17/2011 10:50:14 AM PDT by stockpirate (Republicans that vote for socialism, support socialists are socialists.)
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I used to have a mentor who told me, “There will come a day when you are sitting on the front porch in a rocking chair and you will ‘hit’ anything, and you won’t be able to. So, don’t get all high and mighty. When you get the chance, you take it.”

Not always the best advice. But when it comes to guilty or not guilty one needs to consider it.


100 posted on 05/17/2011 11:11:11 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (How long before the Mall becomes Tahifir Sq?)
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