
BY ROBERT MEDLEY rmedley@opubco.com
BETHEL ACRES — A high school English teacher was arrested on complaint of rape involving a male student two days after she submitted her resignation, authorities said.
Wendy Hickman, 40, who taught at Bethel High School, was arrested Thursday in connection with an incident that reportedly occurred in July at the student's mother's house, Pottawatomie County Undersheriff J.T. Palmer said.
Palmer said law officers searching the student's cellphone found inappropriate photos of the teacher and text messages of a sexual nature, Palmer said.
Bethel Schools Superintendent Jerry Johnson said the district has “fully cooperated” with law officers.
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