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Two teachers face charges from alleged sexual affairs with teenage boy


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Updated: 3/07/2009 5:56 pm | Published: 3/06/2009 12:37 pm
Reported by: Angie Larsen
Valynne Bowers and Linda Nef
Valynne Bowers and Linda Nef
BOUNTIFUL, Utah (ABC 4 News) - Two Jr. high teachers face serious charges over allegations that they had sexual affairs with a teenage boy. 39-year-old Valynne Bowers and 46-year-old Linda Nef were arrested on forcible sodomy of a child and child rape charges on Friday.

According Davis School District spokesperson Chris Williams, the teachers are both employed at Bountiful Junior High School, and one of the women reportedly confessed to having sex with a 13 or 14 year old male student. Nef reportedly told her supervisor about Bowers, and a warrant was issued for her arrest.

Officials say the alleged crimes happened at Bowers' home since December of 2008. The boy was 13 when the alleged affairs began, and is 14 years old now.

Williams said district officials believe the two teachers and the boy are the only people involved in the case.

Both teachers have been placed on administrative leave.

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andysdarlin - 7/23/2009 8:04 AM
I know these lady's where wrong, but I still feel like the boy is no saint either. He was seeing (2) teachers, not 1. Like the comment below, these kids know what they are doing, and they have no wrong doing in all of this. Wrong-they should be held liable also, just because they are minors! What a joke, he was old enough to know better. These two teachers will go through hell and nothing is going to happen to the boy. I call this totally wrong. Something needs to be done about the kids involved to. They are not innocent in this. Why so many cases, because the (minors) know full well what they are doing because they know nothing will happen to them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kittykat69 - 3/9/2009 8:09 AM
dude those old hags are nasty i would have said rape too

triumph110 - 3/6/2009 6:10 PM
This is happening all over the country. Go to www.schoolteachernews.com and click on the Scandal page. This year they have documented over 100 of these kinds of cases. In 2008 they found 479 of these types of incidents.

poolman1126 - 3/6/2009 5:45 PM
I'm sorry, was that supposed to be coherent? Could you set the beer down before you type next time, for the sake of comprehension? A period here and a capitalized sentence there can go really far in helping the rest of us understand what the hell you're talking about.

kd7mxi - 3/6/2009 2:19 PM
its beginning to look like a chicken see chicken do if you hate your teacher yell rape witch hunt
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