Shanna Ries
WATERTOWN, S.D (KFGO KWAT) – Watertown police say a teacher in the Henry School District has been arrested for being sexually involved with a 16-year-old male student.
Forty-one-year-old Shanna Ries of Watertown was arrested Sunday for Sexual Contact with a Child Under 18, and Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.
Both are Class 6 felonies punishable by up to two years in the State Penitentiary, and up to a $4,000 fine.
Police say the school district has been notified of the charges against Ries, and that additional charges are pending. Ries, a Lisbon, North Dakota native, has been teaching English Language Arts to middle and high school students in Henry.
The Codington County Sheriff’s Department assisted in the investigation.
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