Pell City Teacher Arrested for Rape

Reported by: Adrian Pittman
Updated: 2/06 8:56 pm

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PELL CITY, Ala. (WIAT)- All was normal Monday afternoon at Elouise and Harold Williams Intermediate School, in Pell City. But that wasn't the case Friday.
That's when 38-year-old Heather Whitten, was arrested for allegedly having sexual acts with a boy under the age of 16, leaving parents shocked, and concerned.
 
"I send her to school thinking she's being protected and to find out a teacher is doing something like this, makes me want to pull my child out and home school her," says concerned parent, Connie Smith.

Heather Whitten, is a fifth grade reading teacher at Williams Intermediate School. She's charged with second degree rape. Connie Smith, has a sixth grader at this school. Whitten's arrest leaves her disturbed.

"Crackdown on these teachers, do back ground checks when they get a complaint on these teachers, investigate it, don't sweep it under the rug."

According to the St. Clair County Sheriff's Office, none of the alleged acts happened at school, but the Pell City School Board, is still taking the proper steps while this case is under investigation. As for now,  Whitten, has been suspended.

"All the people go on a back ground check that's run through the state and the feds, and we feel comfortable with that, but unfortunately things happen that we'd rather not," says Superintendent Bobby Hathcock.

Although she's suspended from the school, that's not good enough for  parents like Connie. She has her own opinion on what should happen next.

"They need to put her tail in jail, and I'll be on a jury to send her there."
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Noneya - 2/8/2012 6:35 AM
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I'm not surprised that sexual misconduct happens anywhere. If our society has become lax on Sexual conduct of any kind with the amount of sexual of sexual materia In media, billboards, strip clubs, and restaraunts, how can we expect ppl not to act like life is a sick porn movie? Ppl pay to watch this type crap on the Internet and become shocked when it happens in real life. Judge all you want. We all, as a society, are at fault for allowing our entertainment to be what we wouldn't allow to happen in real life. Be the change you want to see in the world- gandi. Why judge the splinter in your brothers eye when there is a plank in your own.- Jesus.

Shannon Jones - 2/7/2012 7:33 PM
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What our world is coming to is sickness! Sexual abuse is everywhere. The person that posted the first post needs to hear what I halft to say! All preditors likes to be around there prey!! Mary Kate Laterno sound familiar? HELLO!!!!!! I was an abused victim. Example: my preditor was an outstanding member in St.Clair county as well as in the christian comunity. Owned his own business and always chose to be around kids. My life experience is one no child needs to go through. We called him uncle how was I to go tell my parents what I was going through because fear that they would not believe me.(like u in this case) You know what they would have been just like you! A disgrace for parenting. I was 5 years old my first memory of the abuse. Terrified! When I turned 18 I went to DA before it was all over with,the nightmares of the abuse I had to look into the sad and damaged little girls eyes from 4 to 12 and wished I could have took there sorrow! I felt guilt if only I knew it would have been ok if I told.8 counting me this man has abused for decades. If my children came to me and told me this had happened to them I wouldnt doubt them. when i had my little girl i knew then i did the right thing. I didnt just save her from that one man but saved many! Comments like what u said is why there was 8 in ten years! there was more but statue of limitations had ran out. My prayers is with you and your family because preditors are all around you!May even call them uncle aunt teacher pastor minister mom dad. they dont stop because u trust them. They stop when u stop them.

teacher12 - 2/7/2012 5:24 PM
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Many teachers do not commit such an act. That child lived with that teacher. Teachers have to pay for background checks. Maybe we need to start strapping down on the truancy laws and putting parent's in jail for not making their students go to school. People need to know the whole, true story before you go assuming that the teacher have sexual relations with someone else's child.

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