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   An English teacher in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been fired   
   from her job after allegedly engaging in a sexual relationship   
   with a 16-year-old male student.   
      
   Ashley Dowden, 41, has been charged with computer-aided   
   solicitation of a juvenile, indecent behavior with juveniles,   
   and carnal knowledge of juveniles, stemming from an alleged   
   relationship with the student between May and June of this year.   
      
   The boy's parents contacted the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's   
   Office on August 12 after allegedly discovering inappropriate   
   text messages on his cell phone, WAFB TV reports.   
      
   According to the probable cause report, the parents cross   
   referenced the number and discovered that it belonged to a   
   teacher at his school.   
      
   After they questioned the teen about the messages, he admitted   
   that he was involved in an inappropriate relationship with   
   Dowden.   
      
   The boy is not a student at Riverdale Christian Academy, where   
   Dowden has taught the last two years, He told deputies he had   
   sex with her on the campus.   
      
   Deputies recovered nude photos of the suspect, as well as   
   sexually explicit text messages before they questioned Dowden on   
   Aug. 21.   
      
   At first, Dowden denied the allegations she had sex with a   
   student. Deputies said that changed when they informed her of   
   the content that had been downloaded from the teen's phone.   
      
   She allegedly admitted having sex with the victim as well as   
   exchanging nude photos and sexually explicit messages with him,   
   NOLA.com reports.   
      
   She was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison and   
   released a few hours later after posting a $15,000 bond.   
      
   Five days after Dowden was charged for her alleged sexual   
   relationship with a minor, she was accused of having a sexual   
   relationship with an 18-year-old student at Riverdale Christian   
   Academy.   
      
   Because the student was of legal age, Dowden was charged with   
   prohibited sexual conduct between an educator and student, a   
   misdemeanor.   
      
   She allegedly met up with the student during lunch breaks for   
   sex, Casey Rayborn-Hicks, a spokesperson for the East Baton   
   Rouge Sheriff's Office, told NOLA.com.   
      
   After the charges were filed, the school fired Dowden. According   
   to a bio on the school's website that has been removed, she has   
   been married for 10 years.   
      
   The Rev. Preston Thompson, pastor of Redeemer Baptist Church,   
   which is affiliated with Riverdale Christian Academy, said that   
   when Dowden was hired, there were no red flags raised during the   
   vetting process, the Baton Rouge Advocate reports.   
      
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