| Updated: 8/19/2010 8:25 am |
Published: 8/18/2010 8:42 pm
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A teacher accused of raping a student, turned herself in to Osage County authorities Wednesday. Shelly Fry was a high school teacher at Hominy High School. The allegations date back to last year.
Had Shelly Fry not been a teacher, she would not have been arrested on second degree felony rape charges. In Oklahoma there’s a law if a teacher has sex with a student between 16and 20 years-old, they go behind bars.
Monica Singmaster is one of many hominy residents surprised at the charges Shelly Fry's up against.
“You know everybody in a small town so you just don't think of this stuff happening and I'm really shocked to hear it.”
Fry, a 35 year old former special ed teacher, turned herself in Wednesday afternoon.
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“She seemed somber as she was brought into the sheriff's office by her attorney,” Criminal Investigator Charlie Cartwright said.
Fry resigned last year; coincidentally around the time she's alleged to have had sex with the victim. Some think Fry's just someone who got caught.
“Hominy's a good town, I don't think it will hurt us every school district has probably had it happen at one time or another,” Hominy resident Shirley Horton said.
Singmaster wants the hominy school district to take a closer look at who is teaching local kids.
“I think they should look into every teacher they've hired . . . They're there to teach our kids, not to victimize them.”
The Hominy Superintendent says student safety is a priority for the district, he says as soon they heard these allegations they investigated fry. He wouldn't comment any further. Fry’s bail was set at $10,000. She will be allowed to return home after positing that money, because she turned herself in she is not considered a flight risk.
