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Sex charges filed against schoolteacher
Spotsylvania teacher charged with sexual misconduct
Date published: 4/1/2006 By MELISSA NIX By MELISSA NIX A Courtland High School special education teacher has been charged with nine offenses involving sexual relations with two teenage students, police said. Bonnie Sue Davis, 35, of Spotsylvania County is charged with two counts of sodomy, six counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and having sex with a child. She was arrested late Thursday and placed in the Rappahannock Regional Jail, sheriff's Lt. Eddie Peck said. Davis, who has worked for the Spotsylvania school system for six years, is accused of sexual misconduct with two Courtland High boys, ages 14 and 15. She has been suspended from her teaching duties. Police say none of the alleged activity took place at the school. Spotsylvania detectives searched Davis' home in the county's Ruffins Pond subdivision about 8:15 p.m. Thursday, according to paperwork filed yesterday in Spotsylvania Circuit Court. They photographed the layout of the house and the contents of the residence, according to court documents filed by Spotsylvania Detective T.J. Bryner. Detectives believe sexual activity may have occurred there, Peck said. Until last week, the school system and the Sheriff's Office had been conducting independent investigations, according to Spotsylvania public schools spokeswoman Sara Branner. The two parties began cooperating a week ago. An arraignment for Davis has been set for Monday, Spotsylvania Commonwealth's Attorney William Neely said. Neely said that Davis has hired defense attorney Phillip Sasser. Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Stuart Sullivan is prosecuting the case. Davis has been placed on administrative leave pending the results of the investigation, according to a school statement released yesterday. Courtland High Principal Michael Bedwell said he could not comment on whether Davis will return to her post in the future. "There is an investigation happening," he said. "We'll have to wait and see the outcome. I will not predict or presume what will happen down the road." Davis, who is tenured, has been a Spotsylvania public schools employee since 1999, according to Branner. From 1999 to 2001, Davis was a special education teacher at Lee Hill Elementary School. She has been a special education teacher at Courtland High School since 2001. She focuses primarily on mathematics instruction. Staff reporters Bill Freehling and Keith Epps contributed to this article. To reach MELISSA NIX:
Date published: 4/1/2006
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