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Teaching Assistant Accused Of Sex With Teen

Ashley Florence
Ashley Florence is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student at Northgate High School.

Posted: 10:48 am EDT April 10, 2009Updated: 1:49 pm EDT April 10, 2009

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. -- Police in Coweta County said a Northgate High School teaching assistant had sex with a student and supplied him with drugs to sell at school.

Police arrested Ashley Brenetta Florence, 25, of College Park. Florence is accused of having sex with a 17-year-old student. Police said she also gave him Xanax and Vicodin to sell at school.

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Officials with the Coweta County Sheriff’s Office said Florence had been having sexual relations with the student since February.

She is charged with felony sexual assault against a person in custody, dangerous drugs to be kept in original container and felony possession of narcotics near school property. Police said Florence may face additional charges.

Florence was released on $9,500 bond. She has been terminated from Northgate High School.

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