Friday, March 2, 2007

Allena Williams Ward, 23, middle school teacher, Bell Street Middle School, Clinton SC

Allena Williams Ward was arrested and charged with five counts of second degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and six counts of lewd acts on a minor. The incidents occurred between November and continued up through the past few weeks.

Allena is accused of having sex with 5 boys whose ages range from 14 to 15. She was caught when an inappropriate note from the teacher to one of the victims was found in the garbage. Allegedly she had sex with five boys in locations including the school, at a motel, in a park and behind a restaurant. Some of the 14- and 15-year-old victims were students at Bell Street Middle School in Laurens School District 56, where Allenna Williams Ward taught. Others went to a different school. All of the victims are black. Allegedly as law enforcement closed in, she sent text messages to at least one of her alleged victims urging him to keep his mouth shut.

Ward has been fired from her job and is under house arrest. She is married and is a minister's daughter.

Update Sept 6 2007: Allena Williams Ward pleaded guilty to six charges -- three second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and three lewd acts on a minor.

Update Feb 19 2008: Ward was sentenced to 15 years for each count, requiring that she serve 6 years of them in prison (to run concurrently). The Judge also required that she serve a minimum of 85% of that sentence before she may be considered for parole. The psychiatrist who evaluated Ward said she has a sexual disorder and is "very childlike", and blamed Ward's childlike behavior on her strict, small-town upbringing.
Umm, ok so how does that explain her obsession with black salami?


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