Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst, 28, 10th-grade English teacher & assistant girls' varsity soccer coach at Citrus Valley High School, Redlands Unified School District, Redlands, California, "arrested on suspicion of having sex with a teenage boy who allegedly fathered her child" Formerly taught at: Redlands High School, Redlands Unified School District, Redlands, California KTLA: Police: Redlands Teacher Had Student’s Baby (July 2 2013) Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst was arrested Monday at her home in Redlands. She allegedly met the 16-year-old victim at Citrus Valley High School where she was his adviser, Redlands police spokesman Carl Baker said in a statement.The sexual relationship allegedly began last summer and continued for nearly a year. It finally ended when the boy’s mother contacted school officials who called police.Whitehurst gave birth to a child June 18 allegedly fathered by the teen, according to the statement. Tags:
KABC: High school teacher gave birth to a student's baby (July 2 2013) Redlands police spokesman Carl Baker says 28-year-old Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst was arrested Monday night for allegedly having unlawful sex with a 16-year-old. Officials at Citrus Valley High School in Redlands contacted police on Monday, acting on a tip from the boy's mother. Police say the sexual relationship began last summer and continued for nearly a year. The boy is now 17. Whitehurst gave birth to a child June 18.
KTVU: SoCal teacher accused of having student's baby (July 2 2013) Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst, 28, was arrested Monday night for allegedly having unlawful sex with a 16-year-old .... She was the boy's adviser. Officials at Citrus Valley High School in Redlands contacted police on Monday, acting on a tip from the boy's mother.
Press Enterprise: REDLANDS: Teacher accused of having child with student (July 2 2013) A 28-year-old Redlands teacher had a baby two weeks ago with a teenage student she advised at Citrus Valley High School and with whom she had a yearlong sexual relationship, Redlands police said Tuesday, July 2. Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst was questioned at her home and arrested about 8:45 p.m. Monday on suspicion on unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, Redlands police spokesman Carl Baker said.
UK Daily Mail: US teacher, 28, arrested after having a baby 'fathered by her 16-year-old student' (July 2 2013) Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst was taken into custody just before 9pm Monday after being questioned at her Redlands home. The 28-year-old, who teaches 10th-grade English at Citrus Valley High School, faces a charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. She was released from jail after posting $25,000 Monday night. According to the Redlands Police Department, Whitehurst's underage lover was 16 years old during their year-long relationship, which allegedly started last summer.
KESQ: High school teacher arrested after having sex with teenage boy (July 2 2013) Redlands Police arrested a 28-year-old high school teacher Monday evening, accused of having sex with a teenage boy who fathered a child with the teacher. Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst was arrested at about 8:45 p.m. Monday, July 1, after questioning at her home in Redlands. Whitehurst is a teacher at Citrus Valley High School in Redlands, where she was an adviser to the then-16-year-old student. The boy is now 17.
L.A. Times: Teacher arrested after having baby with student, police say (July 2 2013) Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst was arrested Monday morning for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor after she was questioned by Redlands police detectives at her home in the city. Whitehurst teaches at Citrus Valley High School in Redlands, where she was an advisor to the then-16-year-old student. The sexual relationship began last summer and continued for nearly a year, according detectives.
Press Telegram: Police: Teacher had sexual relationship with student who fathered her child (July 2 2013) [Laura Elizabeth] Whitehurst gave birth on June 18 to a child police believe was fathered by the victim, who was 16 years old at the time the child was conceived, officials said. Whitehurst, now 28, began her relationship with the teen last summer during a school activity, according to police Cmdr. Shawn Ryan, who led the investigation. Their relationship lasted for nearly a year until the victim's mother reported it to school officials, who relayed the information to police on Monday, police said.
Press-Telegram: Second report of sex with a student surfaces against arrested teacher (July 2 2013) A Redlands man says Laura Whitehurst slept with him while he was a 16-year-old student of hers at Redlands High School in 2007. He is the second alleged victim to come forward against Whitehurst ... The most recent alleged victim to come forward called the Daily Facts after seeing the story about Whitehurst on Tuesday afternoon on the newspaper's website, RedlandsDailyFacts.com. Then he filed a report with Redlands police that night ... He said he took Whitehurst's English class his junior year at Redlands High School in 2007, where police confirmed she was teaching at the time. Redlands Daily Facts: Second report of sex with a student surfaces against arrested teacher (July 2 2013)
L.A. Times: Teacher who gave birth to student's child tied to other cases (July 3 2013) Detectives have identified another victim. He was allegedly a 14-year-old freshman when a sexual relationship began with [Laura Elizabeth] Whitehurst, police said. The suspected relationship began in fall of 2007. Now 20, the man told detectives that he and Whitehurst had sex in her classroom before school, in her apartment and in her car, said Redlands police spokesman Carl Baker. He said the relationship ended in early 2008.Another alleged victim, now 22, came forward after Whitehurst's arrest and told police he had a sexual relationship with the teacher. He said the relationship took place when was a junior at the high school, according to Baker.
ABC Local KGO: Redlands teacher sex arrest: 2 more victims identified (July 3 2013) A 22-year-old Redlands man then contacted investigators Tuesday and reported he had been involved in a sexual relationship with Whitehurst in 2007 and 2008. The man said he was a junior at Redlands High School at the time when she was a teacher there. The man told police the relationship began with kissing in Whitehurst's classroom, then progressed to sex in Whitehurst's Redlands apartment.Detectives identified a third victim, who was a 14-year-old freshman when Whitehurst began a sexual relationship with him at Redlands High School in 2007. That victim is now 20. He told police he had sex with Whitehurst in her classroom, in her car and at her apartment. The relationship lasted through early 2008, according to police.
KTLA: Police: Redlands Teacher Had Student’s Baby (July 3 2013) Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst was arrested Monday at her home in Redlands. She allegedly met the 16-year-old victim at Citrus Valley High School where she was his adviser, Redlands police spokesman Carl Baker said in a statement. The sexual relationship allegedly began last summer and continued for nearly a year. It finally ended when the boy’s mother contacted school officials who called police.
KTLA: Second Student Claims Sexual Relationship With Redlands Teacher (July 3 2013) After reading a report about [Laura Elizabeth] Whitehurst’s arrest, a 22-year-old man contacted the Redlands Daily Facts and claimed he and Whitehurst had a sexual relationship he was 16. The man later filed a police report but told the newspaper he did not intend to press charges. He said he had been a student in Whitehurst’s English class in 2007, when he was a junior at Redlands High School, according to the newspaper. Whitehurst said “they had some type of relationship but not to that extent,” according to Redlands police Detective Natasha Crawford, who is leading the investigation.
Press Enterprise: REDLANDS: Police look for more potential victims of teacher (July 3 2013) A 22-year-old man told police that his relationship with [Laura Elizabeth] Whitehurst began in her English class at Redlands High in 2007. The man, who was a junior at the time, said the relationship started with kissing in her classroom, then escalated through the year with sex at her Redlands apartment.Additionally, a 20-year-old man said he started a relationship with Whitehurst when he was a 14-year-old freshman. He said he began seeing her in her Redlands High School classroom in fall 2007, which led to them having sex in her classroom before school started. They also had sex in her apartment and in her car through early 2008, the man said.
LAist: Female High School Teacher Arrested After Allegedly Having Student's Baby (July 3 2013) Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst, 28, was arrested Monday at her home in Redlands. She allegedly began having sex last summer with the then-16-year-old victim, whom she advised at Citrus Valley High School. Officials contacted police after receiving a tip from the boy's mother, according to CBS News. The boy is now 17. ccording to KTLA, a former male student has come forward, saying he also had an inappropriate relationship with Whitehurst in 2007 when she was a teacher at Redlands High School.
Daily Breeze: Police investigating Redlands teacher for third allegation of unlawful sex with student (July 30 2011) Since the woman's arrest, two more young men have come forward with new allegations against their former teacher -- a 22-year-old man who claims he had a relationship with her in 2008, when he was 16, and a Police arrested 28-year-old Laura Elizabeth Whitehurst based on a complaint from the parents of a 17-year-old boy who claimed Whitehurst had engaged in an inappropriate relationship with their son over the past year. Investigators believe Whitehurst's baby, born last month, is the product of that relationship.20-year-old man who claims he had relations with her in 2007, when he was 14. Pasadena Star-News: Police investigating Redlands teacher for third allegation of unlawful sex with student (July 3 2011) Inland Valley Daily Bulletin: Police investigating Redlands teacher for third allegation of unlawful sex with student (July 3 2013) San Gabriel Valley Tribune: Police investigating Redlands teacher for third allegation of unlawful sex with student (July 3 2013)