A 38-year-old Tennessee woman is facing 23 counts of sex crimes involving nine minors at a high school.
Highlights
- Melissa Blair, 38, was indicted on 23 charges, including 18 counts of aggravated statutory rape.
- She is accused of setting up meetings with the victims through social media and offering items in return for sexual favors.
- The alleged crimes occurred from early in 2020 to late 2021, McMinn County Sheriff Joe Guy said.
- She was released on a $100,000 bond Tuesday evening on $1,000 bail after being released on $2,500 bond.
- There were nine confirmed victims, and all of them were juveniles at the time of the alleged crimes, officials said.
- Two of them are now adults, and there are other juvenile victims, authorities said.