GREENWOOD, S.C. — An Upstate middle school teacher remained jailed Monday after being charged with having sex with a student. Angel Simmons Lindle, 37, was arrested Friday and charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor.At a hearing Saturday morning, her bond was set at $126,000. 
Lindle has been suspended from her job as a seventh-grade teacher at Edgewood Middle School in Greenwood County. She had been on medical leave since September.
According to warrants, Lindle admitted to having a sexual relationship with the student, a a 15-year-old boy.Police said the encounters happened numerous times in Greenwood and McCormick counties from August 2008 until last week, at motels, at Lindle’s home, and in parked vehicles.Investigators said they were alerted when someone called authorities to complain about the relationship." [Source - Greenville News]
I can't help but think that this would be a much bigger outrage if the 15-year-old boy was a 15-year-old girl. Granted, statutory rape any way you look at it is wrong - but I feel like more people would be attacking this woman's name if the sexes were reversed. Someone mentioned this at OHN and there might be some truth to that.
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