Lexington teacher pleads not guilty to federal charges (drove to Mexico with a 13-year-old)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10197077

Published Thursday | November 29, 2007
Lexington teacher pleads not guilty to federal charges
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Schoolteacher Kelsey Peterson pleaded not guilty Thursday to federal charges stemming from a drive to Mexico with a 13-year-old former student.

Peterson looked nervous as U.S. marshals led her into the courtroom in handcuffs, ankle chains and an orange jumpsuit. She bit her lip and started crying while flipping through court documents.

Peterson will remain in federal custody at the Cass County Jail while a psychological evaluation is completed. Peterson's attorney, James Martin Davis, said the evaluation will show Peterson is not a danger or a flight risk.

But Assistant U.S. Attorney Jan Sharp told the judge that Peterson has told police she is in love with the boy and said she was not sure she would do anything differently.

The boy has told The Associated Press that he didn't consider Peterson his girlfriend but that they did have sex.

The 25-year-old former Lexington teacher and the eighth-grader were found in Mexicali, Mexico, on Nov. 2.

FULL story at link.

[whistle]

1. Now please tell us that Kelsey Peterson is a republican and a member of

...an evangelical church.

[Hoof Hearted]

2. Both of those concepts seem to be a bit advanced for her

She was found in Mexicali, Mexico with the boy, $400 in a cash and - this is my favorite part - a trunk full of Disney DVD's.

[whistle]

3. It says she is 25 years old, that is plenty of time to be totally whacked

....by a religious right wing upbringing. Besides I'm 66 and I have dozens of Disney DVDs

I wonder if they fantasied that she was Snow White and he then played each of the seven dwarfs