A former Miss Kentucky from Ohio County, who taught middle school in West Virginia, has been arrested after sending nude photos of herself to a 15-year-old boy.
Ramsey Carpenter Bearse, 28, of Kanawah County, West Virginia (formerly of Hartford), was arrested on Friday and charged with four counts of distribution or display of obscene matter to a minor. Bearse was crowned Miss Kentucky in 2014.
The criminal complaint filed against Bearse said the mother of the 15-year-old boy discovered topless photos of Bearse on her son’s cellphone. The boy attended Andrew Jackson Middle School, in Cross Lanes, West Virginia, in the sixth through eighth grades where Bearse was a teacher for at least part of those three years, according to the complaint.
Investigators met with Bearse on Friday, with her admitting to police she sent the photos to the boy via Snapchat from August 2018 until October 2018. The boy was 14-years-old when Bearse first sent the photos.
Bearse, who is married, has been released from jail on a $10,000 bond, and has been suspended from her position as a science teacher at Andrew Jackson Middle School.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
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