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Kennedale teacher accused of having sex with 5 students

Posted on May 16, 2011

A Kennedale High School teacher has been arrested after being accused of having sex with five students over the past two months.

Brittni Nicole Colleps, 27, an English teacher at Kennedale High School, has been charged with five counts of having an inappropriate relationship with students after allegedly having sex with five students at her Arlington home between the months of April and May, Arlington police spokeswoman Tiara Richard said.

School officials learned the information and contacted Kennedale Police, who determined that the crimes took place in Arlington and told Arlington police May 11, Richard said.

Detectives in the case discovered a series of text messages between the students and Colleps that were sexual in nature, Richard said. Some of the messages included sexually explicit photographs, Richard said.

Students described to investigators that they had been in Colleps' home and had sex with her at that location, police said.

At least one of the students involved was in Colleps' class, Richard said.

All of the students are 18-years old or older but it is still a criminal offense for teachers to have a sexual relationship with students, according to an Arlington police press release.

Colleps remains in the Arlington City Jail, police said. Bail is expected to be set at $125,000.

Kennedale Independent School District sent a letter to students' parents and guardians Monday notifying them of the situation and that the alleged acts took place off campus.

School district officials will not comment any further citing district policy and educational privacy laws, according to the letter.

Kennedale school officials have not returned calls from the Star-Telegram Monday morning.

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