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Kelly Bartz, center, steps down Wednesday after her trial was continued until Dec. 15 at the Nash County Courthouse in Nashville.

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Teacher's sex case continued to December



By Natasha Robinson
Rocky Mount Telegram


Wednesday, November 12, 2008

A former Rocky Mount High School teacher indicted on charges of having sex with a student will appear before a Nash County court judge again in December after her case was continued Wednesday.

Kelly Bartz, 39, waited hours through other scheduled hearings, and joined her court-appointed attorney, Rick Hamlett, as he asked the judge for a continuance. Hamlett was assigned the case in September. The continuance postpones the next court proceeding until Dec. 15.

Bartz was indicted by a Nash County grand jury in August for sexual activity with a student between the age of 14 and 27 by a teacher. The student involved in the charge is above the legal age of consent, but age doesn’t matter in the statute that Bartz allegedly violated.

The charge is based on whether or not a teacher and student engage in a sexual act at any time during or after the two were present together in school where the adult is employed and the student is enrolled. The felony carries a sentence of anywhere from eight months to 44 months in jail.

Bartz declined to comment for this story.

Bartz resigned on June 30 from her position as an English teacher at the high school.

She had worked in the district since October 1997.

During Bartz’s first court appearance in September, she filed papers for a court appointed attorney, and Hamlett was assigned to handle her case.

As a matter of policy, the Telegram does not publish the names of victims of sexual crimes.

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keisha

01/20/2009 05:48:11 PM

whoeva sent me that last message who ** **** r u you dont **** ******* know me stupid *****

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keisha

01/20/2009 05:30:09 PM

u nasty

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dl

11/22/2008 04:07:43 PM

he knew he would not be charged if caught.if she commited a crime,he took part in it.it takes two. 18 yr old guilty

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Ken

11/22/2008 12:43:37 PM

What a ridiculous law. I understand if the student is under 18 but this goes all the way up to 27! Who a 18 to 27 year old dates is not any government officials business.

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Strawberry_14

11/21/2008 02:09:59 PM

I dnt tink she should go to jail because it aint like she rape him...He gave it to her...I mean the goverment can't keep track of who everybody sleep with....Some people like older men or younger men and some people like older women or younger women...So yall can't be mad at her for doing that if she did it...It is just sex...

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