Davis County Police Department
Cassandra White, a 34-year-old former Davis, Oklahoma teacher has been arrested after she filed for a marriage license with an unidentified 16-year-old student. White attempted to acquire the marriage license in Cleveland County, Oklahoma.
According to the Davis Police Department, White was arrested around 5 p.m. local time on Tuesday, April 24. Authorities say they began investigating White back in December 2017 after a parent contacted the authorities about a student-teacher relationship. In regard to the marriage license, court records show the father of the 16-year-old signed off on the marriage license, providing consent.
White faces four counts of soliciting sexual conduct or communication with a minor using technology, a criminal felony. She is being held in the Murray County Jail and her bond has been denied.
The student, who is a sophomore at Davis High School, has not been named.
White is just the latest teacher to be charged for an alleged relationship with a teenager student. Over the course of just a few months, educators across the country were arrested for entering into an inappropriate relationship with their students, Tennessee teacher Janet Smothers, LaToya Parker, Florida teacher Caroline Lawson, 26-year-old Allyson Moran and Katherine Ross Ridenhour were all arrested on similar charges.
The list goes on to include 22-year-old Oklahoma science teacher Hunter Day, 28-year-old teacher Megan Kotarski, 23-year-old history teacher Michelle Schiffer, 29-year-old Alyssia Marie Reddy, special education teacher Jordan Ondish and 28-year-old Samantha Fitzpatrick have all been allegedly carrying on inappropriate relationships with their students.
In addition, 31-year-old Nicole Marie Andrews, 32-year-old Jessica Langford, 29-year-old Andrea Baber, 27-year-old Robin Dunlap, 27-year-old Jennifer Olajire-Aro have also been charged with these charges.
42-year-old Heather Butts of California was arrested on a second-degree felony charge, Nancy Leigh Ann Brann, a former Christian school teacher, was arrested for having sex with a student, Coine Audiat pleaded no contest to having sex with a minor in 2016 and 23-year-old Darci Lake was arrested for an inappropriate relationship. 27-year-old Brittany Zamora from Arizona was arrested on similar charges. Keri Hoffman, 35, was also arrested for an alleged relationship with a student.