DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ga. — A former Douglas County teacher accused of having sex with students has turned herself in.
As we reported during Channel 2 Action News at 4, 5, and 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Maris Nichols was indicted by a grand jury on 27 counts.
We’re at the jail as we wait for Nichols to turn herself in, LIVE on Channel 2 Action News This Morning starting at 4:30 a.m.
Nichols was booked into the Douglas County Jail shortly after 4:30 a.m. on Thursday.
Channel 2’s Darryn Moore has been at the jail all night and saw a black SUV pull around the back of the jail around 4:30 a.m.
Nichols then appeared in the jail’s online inmate search moments later.
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According to the indictment against Nichols, it said she had sex with six Alexander High School students, and the encounters happened in a classroom closet and off campus in a student’s truck.
Some of the lewd acts involving a minor were recorded.
We also learned Nichols’ father works for the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
Prosecutors said Nichols broke her curfew 38 times while she was on house arrest.
A first court appearance is scheduled for Nichols on Thursday morning.
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