Anessa Dawn Olive Ferguson, 37, kindergarten & special education teacher at Maxwell Elementary School, Tuscaloosa County School System, Duncanville, Alabama, "charges of incest, rape in the second degree, sodomy in the second degree and first degree sexual abuse" AL.com: Tuscaloosa County Schools employee arrested on incest, rape, sexual abuse charges (July 5 2013) Anessa Dawn Olive Ferguson, a 37 year old white female, was arrested on a grand jury indictment July 3, a Tuscaloosa Sheriff's Office public information officer said. She is a faculty member at Maxwell Elementary School, according to its website. In a bio posted on the website, Ferguson claims to have taught both special education and kindergarten at the school. The PIO said the investigation was begun after receiving a complaint from a relative. Tags:
My Fox AL: Tuscaloosa Co. School employee indicted for alleged sex crimes (July 5 2013) Anessa Dawn Olive Ferguson [is] charged with incest, rape second degree, sodomy second degree and sexual abuse first degree. Investigators say the victim does not go to school where Ferguson works and no sexual assaults happened on school property. A statement from the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office says their investigation started after the victim came forward with other family members.
AL.com: School employee arrested on incest, rape, sodomy charges has been on leave since December, source says (July 8 2013) [Anessa Dawn Olive Ferguson] has been on leave from her job since December, a TCS source confirmed Monday afternoon ... As recently as Friday, July 5, Ferguson's name was listed on the Faculty Directory on Maxwell Elementary School's website. According to a undated biography posted under her name on the site, Ferguson taught both special education and kindergarten at some point.
Dothan Eagle: EHS graduate, currently teacher, arrested on charges of rape, incest (July 8 2013) According to the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Department, an Enterprise High School graduate and currently a teacher in Tuscaloosa County, was arrested on a grand jury warrant for charges of incest, second-degree rape, second-degree sodomy and first-degree sexual abuse. Lt. Andy Norris with the Tuscaloosa Sheriff’s Department confirmed that Anessa Dawn Olive Ferguson, 37, was arrested Wednesday, July 3. Ferguson graduated from EHS in 1994 and is a kindergarten teacher at Maxwell Elementary School in Duncanville in Tuscaloosa County.
UK Daily Mail: Kindergarten teacher and mother arrested for the incest and rape of an underage boy (July 9 2013) Anessa Dawn Olive Ferguson was held at her home in Alabama She was indicted on charges of engaging in sexual intercourse and sexual contact by 'forcible compulsion' with a boy between 12 and 16
Huffington Post: Anessa Dawn Olive Ferguson, Alabama Kindergarten Teacher, Accused Of Incest, Rape Of Boy (July 9 2013) The 37-year-old mother of three is accused of rape, sodomy, sexual abuse and incest on a boy between the ages of 12 and 16, according to court documents obtained by WVUA. Court documents described the incest charge as intercourse with "a victim who the defendant knew to be related, either by blood, adoption or marriage." According to the Tuscaloosa News, an internal investigation of [Anessa Dawn Olive] Ferguson was launched after abuse was reported by the victim's teacher.
Tuscaloosa News: County: Accused teacher placed on leave (July 9 2013) A former Maxwell Elementary School teacher charged with incest and sexual abuse last week has been on leave since December, according to the Tuscaloosa County School System. A grand jury indicted Anessa Dawn Olive Ferguson, 37, on charges of incest, second-degree rape, second-degree sodomy and first-degree sexual abuse on June 20. Tuscaloosa County sheriff’s deputies arrested her at 5:30 p.m. July 3. She was released from the Tuscaloosa County Jail 45 minutes later on $25,000 bond.
My Fox AL: Tuscaloosa Co. teacher accused of incest placed on leave (July 10 2013) Tuscaloosa County School System Superintendent Dr. Liz Swinford has confirmed that a teacher accused of incest and other sexual abuses is on leave. Anessa Dawn Olive Ferguson, 37, was arrested Wednesday, July 3 after a grand jury returned indictments for incest, rape second degree, sodomy second degree and sexual abuse first degree ... The school system says the former Maxwell Elementary School first grade teacher was placed on leave by former Superintendent Dr. Dan Butler.
CBS 42: Tuscaloosa teacher placed on leave after arrest on incest, rape charges (July 10 2013) The Tuscaloosa City School System has placed Anessa Dawn Ferguson on leave following her arrest on July 3rd ... Ferguson was placed on leave by the former Superintendent of the system, Dan Butler.
