Eric Thomas Helms, Charleston, South Carolina (arrested Mar 2013)

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    Eric Thomas Helms (Risher Street, Charleston, South Carolina), 26, teacher at West Ashley High School, Charleston County School District, Charleston, South Carolina, "charged today with one count of sexual battery of a student"

    Post and Courier: West Ashley High teacher arrested, accused of having sex with student (Mar 29 2013)

    The teacher accused of having sex with a West Ashley High School student has been arrested. Eric Helms, 26, of Risher Street in Charleston was charged today with one count of sexual battery of a student. The arrest is a result of information that was provided to the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office regarding Helms and an alleged relationship with an 18-year-old student. Helms began that relationship around January, according to sheriff’s officials. The pair had sexual relations at his home on several occasions during the relationships, investigators said.
     
    Eric Thomas Helms, Charleston, South Carolina, West Ashley High School, Charleston County School District
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    ABC News 4: West Ashley teacher arrested on sexual battery charges (Mar 29 2013)

    According to Charleston County deputies, 27-year-old Eric Helms was charged after an investigation into a relationship he allegedly had with an 18-year-old student at the school.
    The student told officials that the relationship was consenting, but Helms' position as an authority figure violates state law, officials said. The student and Helms began the relationship while the student was a teaching assistant in Helms' classroom. The affidavit states the pair had sex several times.
     
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    Post and Courier: West Ashley High teacher arrested, accused of having sex with student (Mar 30 2013)

    According to police and court records, the sexual relationship between [Eric Thomas] Helms and the student was consensual, mutual and no drugs or alcohol were involved. An affidavit states that between Jan. 1 and March 26, the couple had sexual intercourse “several times” at Helms’ apartment. The student told investigators that the relationship started in January when she became a teaching assistant in Helms’ classroom. In January, Helms “asked me if I wanted to hang out one day and I said sure” and “it kept going from there,” the affidavit states. The relationship originated from Helms’ text messages to the student in reference to a school-sponsored club meeting, according to court records.
     
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    NBC News: West Ashley teacher arrested for heaving sex with student (Mar 30 2013)

    According to police, the victim was a teacher's aide for [Eric Thomas] Helms. The Deputy investigating the incident tells News 2 the high school senior was a part of the Teacher Cadet program at the high school. That program allows students to spend part of their school day helping teachers with errands around the school. The relationship began back in January of this year as simple text messages, but it quickly escalated. Police say Helms and the victim had sex at his home on Riser Street in Charleston many times.