(the-sun.com
>A MATH teacher from Texas sexually assaulted two students, aged 13 and 14, after sending them naked pictures of herself, prosecutors allege.
Samantha McFerrin, 29, has been charged after she allegedly had sex with one of the students in her truck 15 times and had oral sex with another while she was a teacher at Space Center Intermediate School in Houston.
She faces two felony charges of aggravated sexual assault of a child under 14 and sexual assault of a child aged under 17.
>"It's something we take very seriously," said Preston Burns, a prosecutor in the Harris County District Attorney's Child Abuse Division.
>"These are still children we're talking about, they'll be affected by these cases probably for the rest of their lives."
The first incident happened in 2018 when the 8th grade math teacher started a relationship with a 14-year-old via Snapchat, according to court records.
A second victim reportedly had nude photos of her on his phone and when investigators interviewed him, he told them last fall McFerrin requested that he come to her classroom where she eventually gave him oral sex. He was only 13.
Court records also say McFerrin befriended a female student and confided in her about one relationship. She allegedly told the student she bought one victim a computer "to keep the relationship quiet."
Superintendent George Smith is urging students to come forward if they have any more information about Ms.McFerrin’s inappropriate conduct.
McFerrin, who is MARRIED, turned herself in on Tuesday and Chris Tritico, her attorney, said she's wearing an electronic monitor while out of jail.
>"Ms. McFerrin will contest the allegations and looks forward to her day in court," Tritico said.
