MORGANTON, N.C. — A teacher at Patton High School in Morganton was arrested on Friday and charged with sex crimes, including committing a sex act by a substitute parent and felony incest.
Christopher Coolidge Bailey, 47, was taken into custody by the Morganton Department of Public Safety. According to a statement from Burke County Public Schools, Bailey was suspended without pay shortly after his arrest.
He is facing termination, the Morganton News Herald reports.
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