"Calif. teacher accused of having student’s baby" Associated Press, July 03, 2013
REDLANDS, Calif. — A Southern California high school teacher was arrested on unlawful sex charges two weeks after she gave birth to a baby that was allegedly fathered by a student, Redlands police said Tuesday.
Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst, 28, was arrested Monday night for allegedly having sex with a 16-year-old, Redlands police spokesman Carl Baker said.
Whitehurst was the boy’s adviser.
Officials at Citrus Valley High School in Redlands contacted police on Monday, acting on a tip from the boy’s mother.
The sexual relationship began last summer and continued for nearly a year, police said.
The boy is now 17.
Just call him Dad.
Whitehurst gave birth to the child on June 18.
A telephone message left at the Whitehurst home was not immediately returned.
In a statement, Sabine Robertson-Phillips, Redlands Unified School District assistant superintendent, said they were ‘‘recently made aware of allegations involving a high school student and teacher.’’
Police were immediately notified and Whitehurst was placed on leave, Robertson-Phillips said.
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