RIDGELY, Md.- Maryland State Police have arrested a Kent County, Md., teacher accused of having sex with a teenage boy.
Police identified the suspect as Brittney Lyles, 29, of Ridgley, Md., who was arrested Friday following an investigation. She was charged with two counts of fourth-degree sex offense, sex abuse of a minor, contributing to certain conditions of a child and other related offenses.
An investigation into Lyles was initiated March 4 by the Maryland State Police Criminal Enforcement Division, Upper Shore Region. According to a preliminary investigation, the alleged offenses occurred in February. Investigators said they learned that Lyles was working as a teacher at the Kent County Alternative School Program at the time of the alleged incidents.
According to the investigation, none of the alleged activities between Lyles and the victim, a 17-year-old boy, occurred on school property. It is believed Lyles picked up the victim in her vehicle from an off-campus location before taking him to another location where the offenses occurred.
Following Lyles' arrest on the aforementioned charges, she was ordered held without bond at the Talbot County Detention Center.
