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Middle school teacher allegedly tried to persuade student aged 13 years of age or younger to engage in a sexual act

theblaze.com · 3h · first reportShare

A South Carolina teacher is accused of soliciting an underage student through "explicit" text messages to engage in a sexual act, police announced. Police said 45-year-old Megan Lawrimore Bolt, of Florence, was arrested on Aug. 11. Bolt was charged with criminal solicitation of a minor. 'This situation was brought to our attention by a parent of the student involved, and we took immediate action and reported it directly to law enforcement.' South Carolina law states: "A person eighteen years of age or older commits the offense of criminal solicitation of a minor if he or she knowingly contacts or communicates with, or attempts to contact or communicate with, a person who is under the age of eighteen, or a person reasonably believed to be under the age of eighteen, for the purpose of or with the intent of persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing the person to engage or participate in a sexual activity." A person convicted of criminal solicitation of a minor in South Carolina faces up