Okaloosa County middle school teacher in Florida allegedly abused a 15-year-old minor by starting a sexual relationship, according to local deputies on Friday. The defendant, Hayley Hallmark, 35, has been arrested by authorities.
Hallmark was described as not only a teacher, but a coach at Ruckel Middle School in the city of Niceville. Deputies claim that the relationship lasted for about two year, which was from August 2018 to August 2020. The minor was only 15 when it started.
The interaction between Hallmark and the minor allegedly began with texting, which became sexting, and then turned into physical, according to a Law and Crime report.
Hayley Hallmark, from Florida, charged with lewd and lascivious conduct with a student by an authority figure
Hallmark, a social studies teacher at Ruckel Middle School, is accused of having inappropriate relationship with teen between 2018 and 2020
Victim, now 17, said she and Hallmark had sexual encounters in teacher s classroom after school and at her home
Hallmark was named the 2011 Escambia County Social Studies Teacher of the Year