A woman has been hit with six felony charges after police alleged she entered a high school and posed as a substitute teacher. She is also accused of making inappropriate comments towards the students. As reported by 620 WTMJ, the incident occurred at Rufus King High School in Milwaukee.
The woman has been named as 23-year-old Amy Jones. She has been charged with one count of impersonating a public employee, as well as five counts of exposing a child to harmful descriptions.
A criminal complaint filed by Milwaukee police explained that Jones had signed into the front desk as a substitute teacher on September 24. Per the complaint, she was then assigned to classrooms due to several teachers calling off sick.
The complaint continued by explaining what she proceeded to do once being in those classrooms. Students claimed to police that Jones continually made inappropriate comments towards them.
She allegedly separated students by sex and gender while making "racial and sexual remarks". One student claimed she asked whether students were "gay or virgins". Another claimed she asked one student if she "wanted to be a stripper or a hooker".
Due to her actions, several students had recorded her - information which was helpful to police during their investigation.
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The criminal complaint continued by detailing her interview with police detectives. There, she said she had given the students a "birds and the bees" talk. She also had reportedly lied about being a substitute teacher because she was "bored".
Rufus King High School later released a statement about the incident, and confirmed that the woman was a "former student." "[She] did go through the school's daily safety scan," the statement explained. "...But those same initial findings suggest the office did not follow proper district protocol in validating the individual as a substitute teacher."
"Office staff validate that an individual coming for a substitute role is both within the system and assigned to the school based on a specific teacher's absence. Offices must check that the person is in Frontline and assigned before permitting them."
"This should happen every time a substitute visits a school. There is no excuse for it not occurring, and we take this matter seriously."
