Teacher, 45, in jail accused of raping an underage pupil
A MIDDLE-AGED blonde teacher is behind bars accused of raping an underage pupil.
Cynthia Hall has been jailed after being accused of having sex with a 15-year-old student
Cynthia Hall, 45, is said to have had repeated sex with the 15-year-old over the last eight months.
She was arrested after turning herself in to police on Tuesday.
Police had been alerted 24 hours earlier by a tip off from social services.
Hall has been suspended on pay from Turrentine Middle School in North Carolina
Hall has been charged with two counts of rape and two of sexual acts with a student.
The suspected crimes took place between June 1, 2016, and last Saturday, February 4.
Hall has been suspended on pay from Turrentine Middle School, Burlington, North Carolina.
Hall has worked as teacher for students with disabilities at the school since 2007
None of the alleged romps took place there, said Police Lieutenant Bret Currie.
Investigators believe they happened at Hall's home in the city.
Currie did not say specifically how Hall knew the boy.
Police were alerted by social services 24 hours before she handed herself in
He had previously gone to the school but was not one of her pupils.
Hall has worked as teacher for students with disabilities at the school since 2007 and for the district since 1994, said spokesman Jenny Faulkner.
Her profile on the school's website says she teaches sixth graders in the Exceptional Children's Department.
Hall is being held at Alamance County Detention Centre with bail set at $20,000.