Rocky Mount math teacher accused of having sex with students

Sunday, June 11, 2017
ROCKY MOUNT, North Carolina (WTVD) -- A math teacher at Rocky Mount Preparatory School has been arrested for having sexual relationships with three male students off-campus, police said.

Detectives were notified in May that 25-year-old Erin Elizabeth McAuliffe was possibly having inappropriate relationships with students.
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Rocky Mount police Cpl. Mike Lewis told the Rocky Mount Telegram that one of the students was 16 and two were 17.

McAuliffe was arrested Thursday after detectives investigated and interviewed faculty members and numerous students.

McAuliffe is charged with three counts of sexual activity with a student and one count of indecent liberties with a minor.
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She is being held at the Carteret County Jail under $20,000 bond with a first appearance in Nash County District Court on June 13.

According to the Associated Press, the head of the public charter school, Todd Pipkin, said McAuliffe's last day of employment at the school was May 4.
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