A 24-year-old female teacher at a private Catholic school has been arrested for allegedly sending nudes to a 14-year-old student over Snapchat.
Alanis Pinion is accused of frequently using the app to communicate with her eighth-grade students at St. Mary Magdalen School in Wilmington, Delaware.
The school charges fees of over $10,000 per year and serves a devout Catholic community – emphasizing the practice of service to God and worship alongside education.
New Castle County Police said Pinion sent ‘sexually explicit photographs’ to one 14-year-old boy – and they are ‘concerned’ there could be more child victims.
Pinion was arrested on Thursday and charged with sexual solicitation of a child under 18 and endangering the welfare of a child – both felony offenses.
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Alanis Pinion, a 24-year-old female teacher at a private Catholic school has been arrested for allegedly sending nudes to her 14-year-old student over Snapchat
She also faces one misdemeanor count of indecent exposure in the first degree.
Police contacted the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington about the allegations and it cooperated with the investigation.
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Pinion was arrested Thursday. She was arraigned at the Justice of the Peace Court 2 and committed to the Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution after failing to pay $46,000 cash bail.
St. Mary Magdalen School released a statement about Pinion’s arrest – referring to her as a ‘former part time contract employee’.
‘Earlier this week, the school was contacted by the New Castle County Police to notify us of an investigation and ultimately an arrest of a former part time contract employee regarding allegations of an exchange of inappropriate images electronically with a former student,’ the school said last week.
‘The contractor had successfully completed the required background check process prior to her employment.
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Alanis Pinion is accused of frequently’ using the app to communicate with her eighth grade students at St. Mary Magdalen School in Wilmington, Delaware. New Castle County Police said Pinion sent ‘sexually explicit photographs’ to one 14-year-old boy
![St. Mary Magdalen School in Wilmington, Delaware charges fees of $10,000 per year and serves a devout Catholic community - emphasizing the practice of service to God and worship alongside education](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/07/21/14/87586863-13656157-image-a-17_1721567167977.jpg)
St. Mary Magdalen School in Wilmington, Delaware charges fees of $10,000 per year and serves a devout Catholic community – emphasizing the practice of service to God and worship alongside education
‘The school, parish and our Diocese officials supported the police as they conducted their investigation.
‘Please be assured that all of us at Saint Mary Magdalen Parish and School, along with our partners at the Diocese of Wilmington, always keep the safety of our children and youth as a primary goal.’
Detectives are asking anyone with any information about this investigation to contact Detective Daniel Watson at (302)395-8030 or by email at [email protected]