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Ex-Middle School Teacher Accused Of 2-Month ‘Sexual Relationship’ With Student – Arrested For Rape

A former middle school teacher from Delaware has been arrested on rape charges after allegedly engaging in a 2-month “sexual relationship” with a student nine years ago.

Teacher Arrested – Charged With Rape

Daily Mail reported that 42 year-old Reed Messer has been accused of raping the student at the end of 2014, when she would have been 34 years-old. The Delaware State Police released a statement saying that an arrest warrant for Messer was obtained on April 26, and she was then extradited to Delaware on Monday after being arrested at her home in Greenville, South Carolina.

This comes after a police investigation concluded that Messer allegedly engaged in a sexual relationship with a student back in 2014. Messer has since been charged with:

  • Sexual Abuse of a Child by a Person of Trust 1st Degree (Felony) – 2 counts
  • Rape 3rd Degree (Felony)- 10 Counts
  • Rape 4th Degree (Felony)- 10 Counts

Police were first alerted to a report from the Delaware Division of Family Services in December of 2022 that a former teacher at Stanton Middle School in Wilmington had engaged in a sexual relationship with a minor student in 2014. Police later concluded that the sexual relationship had begun in October of that year.

Messer has been arraigned and is currently being held at the Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution on a $310,000 cash bond.

Related: Oklahoma Teacher’s Aide Arrested After Allegedly Sleeping With 16 Year-Old Student

Messer Leaves Delaware – Moves To South Carolina 

Messer reportedly left her job at the Red Clay Consolidated School District, which includes Stanton Middle School, in November of 2014, and she appears to have left the state of Delaware sometime in the year after that.

Fox Carolina obtained records from the South Carolina Department of Education showing that Messer became a certified teacher in South Carola in July of 2015. In that state, she’s licensed in elementary, early childhood, middle-level language arts, English and special education.

Messer had been teaching at Legacy Early College from July of 2018 until she was placed on administrative leave when the charter school learned of the investigation in Delaware. She was subsequently fired in January of this year after the school conducted an internal investigation.

“Reed Messer was a Special Education teacher with Legacy Early College from July 23, 2018 until January 31, 2023,” the school said in a statement. “After the school was informed that she was the subject of a criminal investigation in Delaware, she was placed on administrative leave and was subsequently terminated upon the conclusion of an internal investigation.”

“The safety of our scholars is always the highest priority in our school,” the statement added. “If you have any concerns or questions related to this matter please contact Katie Summersett, the school’s HR officer.”

Related: Former Christian School Teacher Arrested For Allegedly Twerking On Student At Prom – Previously Accused Of Sexting With High School Senior

‘Due To The Sensitivity Of This Case…’

Delaware State Police said that “due to the sensitivity of this case, and in consideration of the victim, only limited information will be released.”

“Delaware State Police Troop 2 Criminal Investigations Unit continues to investigate this case,” the statement concluded. “Troopers are asking anyone who believes they have information regarding any additional criminal activity of Messer to please contact Detective A. Bange by calling 302-365-8390.”

We’re living in a time where children are being sexualized in this country more than ever, so alleged crimes like this one carried out by a teacher are extremely disturbing. Here’s hoping that if Messer is found guilty of this atrocious crime, the judge sends a message to other potentially predatorial teachers by throwing the book at her.

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