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DeWitt County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 23-year-old Carol Elizabeth Walsdorf of Nordheim on a charge of improper conduct between educator and student.
The Monday arrest of Walsdorf, an agricultural science teacher, at her residence ended a 10-day investigation by the DeWitt County Sheriff’s Office and Nordheim school district officials. Walsdorf is accused of having a sexual relationship with a Nordheim high school student.
The sheriff’s office received information about the alleged relationship on May 5, Sheriff Jode Zavesky said.
“We received an intake from Child Protective Services the same day we received notification from Sonya Little, superintendent of Nordheim ISD,” he said. “From there we began taking statements from everyone who knew of the possible relationship that included visiting with the victim and also the offender.”
The name and age of the student were not released because he is a juvenile.
The investigation went smoothly, Zavesky said. Everyone was willing to talk and deputies were able to get all the information needed in short time.
“After we got the investigation completed and it did appear there was an inappropriate relationship, we requested an arrest warrant from the justice of the peace.”
Walsdorf was contacted at her home, where deputies placed her under arrest. She was arraigned Tuesday morning and placed under a $30,000 bond, Zavesky said.
The charge is a second-degree felony punishable by a prison sentence of at least two years but not more than 20 years, and a $20,000 fine.
Walsdorf made bail Tuesday evening.
This is the first case of this kind for Zaveksy.
“Anyone who keeps up with the news knows this happens all over,” he said. “Small towns aren’t immune from our big city crimes.”
Bj Lewis is a reporter for the Advocate. Contact him at 361-580-6535 or bjlewis@vicad.com.