Скачать или смотреть Northview Middle School teacher charged with sexual abuse, sexual exploitation

Ankeny police have arrested a Northview Middle School teacher and coach for alleged sex abuse and sexual exploitation of a minor from 2015 to 2018.

Rachel Whiteside, 34, "engaged in a pattern of sexual conduct" with a minor student beginning in 2015, the victim reported to the Ankeny Community School District on Jan. 24, 2024.

Police began investigating Whiteside just days after the victim's report, searching Whiteside's work computer and personal phone for more information about the alleged abuse. Whiteside was placed on administrative leave during the investigation.

The victim's report claims Whiteside abused them on school district property, though they were in contact electronically as well. Court documents allege Whiteside "used her role as a teacher and coach to make the student feel comfortable and share initiate details of the student's life" and was "methodical in her actions".

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