SEDGWICK COUNTY —A former Kansas teacher of sex crimes involving a 13-year-old student has been sentenced to prison
On Thursday, 33-year-old Christin Covel was sentenced to 34 months in prison, according to the Sedgwick County District attorney's office. Covel must also register for the rest of her life as a sex offender.
In February Covel pleaded no contest to two counts of aggravated indecent solicitation of a child involving the student.
In Jan. of 2022, police in Oklahoma arrested Covel, a teacher at Edison Preparatory Schools in Tulsa, on complaints out of Sedgewick County accusing her of having inappropriate relations with a boy while working at Mead Middle School 2601 E Skinner Street in Wichita, according to the Tulsa Police Department.
The incidents involving the boy happened between 2018 and 2019, according to police. Covel worked in the district from 2015 to 2020, according to USD 259.
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