Kendall Bell, 25, teacher ("inclusive educational specialist") & coach (boys soccer & football} at South Gibson County High School, Gibson County Special School District, Medina, Tennessee, "accused of having sex with an underage student" WBBJ TV: SGCHS Teacher and Coach Arrested (Apr 19 2013) According to Jackson police, Kendall Bell, 25, of Jackson, is charged with two counts of statutory rape by an authority figure and one count of sexual battery by an authority figure ... On April 10, Jackson police was contacted by the Tennessee Department of Children's Services regarding a child sex abuse complaint. Investigators believe that on February 15, a 17-year-old victim traveled to Bell's apartment at Camellia Trace in Jackson. While inside his apartment, Bell allegedly had sexual contact with the minor, and he fondled her. Tags:
Jackson Sun: South Gibson soccer coach facing child sex charges (Apr 19 2013) Jackson police arrested South Gibson High School boys’ soccer coach Kendall Bell on Friday after conducting a child sex abuse investigation involving a 17-year-old female student at the school. Bell, 25, was suspended from his teaching and coaching position in early April without pay ... According to a news release from the Jackson Police Department, officers and investigators searched Bell’s residence at Camellia Trace Apartments to look for evidence. Bell was at home and was taken into custody and transported to the Madison County Jail. Investigators gathered evidence from the apartment. JPD filed two charges of statutory rape by an authority figure and one count of sexual battery by an authority figure against Bell.
Examiner: Teacher arrested in child sex abuse investigation (Apr 19 2013) Police have arrested a South Gibson County High School teacher in connection with a child sex abuse investigation involving a 17-year-old female, according to a news release from the Jackson Police Department. The release said police filed charges Friday on Kendall Bell, 25, of Jackson, for two counts of statutory rape by an authority figure and one count of sexual battery by an authority figure.
AP wire stories based on the above Jackson Sun article: Shelbyville Times-Gazette: Teacher facing sex charge involving student (Apr 20 2013) Times Free Press: Teacher facing sex charge involving student (Apr 20 2013) Leaf Chronicle: Teacher facing sex charge involving student (Apr 20 2013) The Republic: Suspended teacher arrested, faces sex charges involving student (Apr 20 2013) Johnson City Press: Tennessee teacher facing rape charge involving student (Apr 21 2013)
