Florence PD: Former Teacher Had Ongoing Affair With Student

FLORENCE, Ky. (WTVQ) – A former teacher at R.A. Jones Middle School is in jail, after an investigation into a reported inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old girl.

Officers say the relationship with the student began while the student was at R.A. Jones and was 13 years old.  That student is now in high school, but investigators say the relationship was ongoing.

Working with Boone County Schools, police in Florence were able to quickly apprehend 27-year-old Kendra D. Caldwell, of Cincinnati.

She has been charged with sexual abuse and prohibited use of an electronic communication system to procure a minor.

Caldwell was taken to the Boone County Detention Center.