A Hopkinsville woman charged with sexual abuse while employed at Trigg County High School appeared in Christian Circuit Court for her arraignment Wednesday.
39-year old Ashley Wells is charged with first-degree sexual abuse. The charge stems from a state police investigation that began in January into allegations of sexual contact between a Trigg County Public School teacher and a student. The investigation revealed that Wells had sexual contact with a 17-year old student in 2016 in Christian County.
Wells appeared before Chief Circuit Judge John Atkins Wednesday morning along with her attorney who waived formal reading of the indictment and entered a not guilty plea.
Judge Atkins set a pretrial conference for the morning of June 22 at 8:30.
Trigg County Schools’ Superintendent Bill Thorpe previously confirmed that Wells began the school year as a high school teacher in the district but was no longer employed with the school system when she was indicted last month.
