Name: Cristina Preston, Columbus, Georgia Age: 44 School: Veterans Memorial Middle School, Muscogee County School District, Columbus, Georgia Position: Special education teacher Victim: Boy, 14 School district directory: Ledger Enquirer (31 Jan 2012): Columbus teacher charged with child molestation WLTZ (31 Jan 2012): Teacher arrested, charged with child molestation
WRBL (1 Feb 2012): UPDATE: Muscogee County special education teacher faces child molestation charges AL.com (1 Feb 2012): Muscogee County teacher accused of molesting 14-year-old student Ledger Enquirer (1 Feb 2012): Veterans Memorial teacher charged with sexual assault of student WTVM (1 Feb 2012): Muscogee County teacher resigns amid sexual allegations My Fox AL (1 Feb 2012): Muscogee County teacher resigns amid sexual allegations
WTVM Videos: Muscogee County Teacher Arrested Muscogee County Teacher Charged with Child Molestation School District Responds to Allegations that Teacher Molested 14-Year-Old Boy
Ledger Enquirer (2 Feb 2012): Veterans Memorial teacher charged in sexual assault of student could face dismissal from job Macon Telegraph (2 Feb 2012): Veterans Memorial teacher charged in sexual assault of student could face dismissal from job WLTZ (2 Feb 2012): Muscogee Co. teacher accused of molestation resigns WRBL (2 Feb 2012): Former special ed. teacher accused of molestation resigned from MCSD Ledger Enquirer (2 Feb 2012): Cristina Preston resigns as teacher; granted $70K in bonds on molestation charges WTVM (2 Feb 2012): Muscogee County teacher resigns amid sexual allegations
Ex-teacher, child molester returns to seek new trial Postponed March 27 because the defendant wasn't there, a new trial hearing for former middle school teacher and convicted child molester Cristina Preston is set for 9:30 a.m. today before Superior Court Judge Gil McBride. Unlike in March, when authorities neglected to transport Preston, 46, from state prison to Columbus for her hearing, the defendant this time was brought here a week early. Preston is serving a 25-year sentence after a jury last year convicted her of aggravated child molestation, child molestation, statutory rape and sexual assault on a person in custody. Among the issues in her hearing today is whether during the trial the defense attorney effectively questioned the credibility of the teenaged student with whom Preston at age 44 carried on a months-long sexual affair ... Preston resigned the next day, after she was arrested. She had worked 19 years for the Muscogee County School District, most recently as a special education teacher at the middle school, where the boy was among her students. During Preston's trial ... Continue reading... http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2014/05/06/3091684/ex-teacher-child-molester-returns.html
UPDATE: Former middle school teacher gets 25 years in prison for sex with student Jury finds Cristina Preston guilty on all counts June 4, 2013 A months-long affair with a student has cost former Veterans Memorial Middle School special-education teacher Cristina Preston not only her career but 25 years of her life. A jury of six men and six women Wednesday found Preston, 45, guilty of all the charges against her: aggravated child molestation, child molestation, statutory rape and sexual assault on a person in custody. Superior Court Judge John Allen sentenced her to life in prison with 25 years to serve before she’s eligible for parole, after which she will spend the rest of her life on probation and have to register as a sex offender. http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2013/06/04/2531181/teen-testifies-about-alleged-sex.html
