Amy Tilley Bower (279 N.C. 194 South, Vilas, North Carolina), 45, 5th grade teacher at Cove Creek Elementary School, Watauga County Schools, Vilas, North Carolina, "two counts of sexual activity with a student and two counts of indecent liberties with a child" Previously taught at: Mabel Elementary School, Watauga County Schools, Zionville, North Carolina, 2004 - 2009 Bethel Elementary School, Watauga County Schools, Sugar Grove, North Carolina, 1996 - 2003 Watauga Democrat: Teacher accused of sexual relationship with students (Aug 28 2013) The allegations involve two male students who were 15 at the time of the incidents, according to arrest and court records. The sheriff's office received a report July 23 about the alleged inappropriate contact. Authorities were told the sexual activity occurred during the years of 1998 to 2000 and 2004 to 2006. Tags:
High Country Press: Fifth Grade Teacher at Cove Creek Charged With ‘Sexual Activity with a Student,’ She Resigned Aug. 19 (Aug 28 2013) In late July, the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office received a report of alleged inappropriate sexual activity by Amy Tilley Bower, a former fifth grade teacher at Cove Creek School, with then two minors. The report stated that the inappropriate sexual activity occurred during the years of 1998 to 2000 and 2004 to 2006. According to documents filed in court, the two male students were 15 years old at the time ... Amy Tilley Bower was taken before a Watauga County Magistrate and given a secured bond in the amount of $50,000 and given a court date of Sept. 17, 2013.
WBTV: Sheriff: Elementary teacher arrested on sex charges with students (Aug 28 2013) Deputies received the report on July 23 that 45-year-old Amy Tilley Bower, a 5th grade teacher at the school, was involved in sexual relationships with students from 1998 to 2000 and 2004 to 2006. Sheriff Hagaman reported that the Watauga County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigation Unit in conjunction with the District Attorney's Office conducted an investigation into the allegations ... School officials say they learned about the investigation on August 20th, the day after Bower resigned her position at the school.
My Fox 8: NC teacher accused of sexual activity with students (Aug 28 2013) According to the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were notified of the alleged sexual activity on July 23. The alleged incidents occurred between 1998 and 2000 and against between 2004 and 2006. The office’s Criminal Investigation Unit arrested Amy Tilley Bower, 45, of Vilas, as a result of an investigation, deputies said Wednesday.
WSOC TV: Deputies: Watauga Co. teacher charged with sexual activity with students (Aug 28 2013) A former Watauga elementary school teacher is facing serious sex-crime charges after deputies said she had sexual contact with two students over several years ... Amy Bower is out of jail after turning herself in Wednesday morning. The arrest warrants describe two different students who were both 15 years old when the alleged crimes happened.
CBS News: Amy Tilley Bower, ex-N.C. elementary school teacher, accused of having sex with students (Aug 29 2013) Amy Tilley Bower, a 45-year-old former elementary school teacher in North Carolina, is facing charges for allegedly having sexual relationships with students over a four-year period ... Authorities reportedly received a complaint in July of inappropriatesexual activity between Bower, a 5th grade teacher at Cove Creek School in Watauga County, and students who were minors. The alleged sexual relationships occurred from 1998 to 2000 and 2004 to 2006.
Charlotte Observer: Ex-Watauga teacher accused of sex with students (Aug 29 2013) A former Watauga County elementary school teacher has been charged with sexual misconduct with students over a pair of two-year periods, according to the sheriff’s office and the Watauga County Schools. Amy Tilley Bower, 45, who taught full-time in the Watauga Schools for about 15 years, was charged with two counts of sexual activity with a student and two counts of indecent liberties with a child.
Huffington Post: Amy Tilley Bower, Elementary School Teacher, Accused Of Sex With 2 Students In North Carolina (Aug 29 2013) Police received a report concerning the 5th-grade teacher's inappropriate conduct in late July. According to WBTV, the report alleged that Bower was involved in sexual relationships with minor male students from 1998 to 2000 and 2004 to 2006. According to WSOC, both students were 15 years old when the alleged relationships began.
WYFF 4: WCSO: Teacher had sex with 2 of her students (Aug 30 2013) Amy Tilley Bower, 45, resigned Aug. 19 and was arrested shortly after in connection with a report that she had sex with two of her students who were 15 at the time, according to the Watauga County Sheriff's Office. The report received by the Sheriff's Office on July 23 said that Bower, a fifth grade teacher at Cove Creek School, had sex with the students from 1998 to 2000 and 2004 to 2006 when she taught at two other schools.
WNCN: Former Watauga County teacher faces sex charges (Aug 30 3013) A former Watauga County elementary school teacher has been arrested and charged with sexual misconduct with a students. Sheriff's deputies say 45-year-old Amy Tilley Bower is charged with two counts of sexual activity with a student and two counts of indecent liberties with a child. Rocky Mount Telegram: Former teacher faces sex charges (Aug 30 2013)
High Country Press: Former Teacher Pleads Guilty To Sexual Conduct with Students, Sentenced To 16 to 20 Months, Probation (Dec 18 2013) Amy Tilley Bower, the former fifth-grade teacher at Cove Creek Elementary School who was charged with two counts of “sexual activity with a student” and two counts of “indecent liberties with a child” in August, plead guilty on Wednesday. Four of those charges were consolidated into two, and presiding Judge Phil Ginn sentenced Bower to 16 to 20 months with an additional 16 to 20 months suspended. She is to serve five years supervised probation after she is released from prison and pay nearly $7,000 in restitution for counseling of the two young males, who were victimized during separate two-year periods when they were between the ages of 12 to 14 years old. Bowers would also pay for any other counseling needed in the future, and register as a sex offender for 30 years.
