{"id":39061,"date":"2026-08-11T18:23:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=39061"},"modified":"2026-08-11T18:23:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T13:23:47","slug":"middle-school-teacher-first-to-be-arrested-under-new-grooming-law-is-a-married-new-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=39061","title":{"rendered":"Middle school teacher first to be arrested under new grooming law is a married new mom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p>The Kentucky middle school teacher who was the first to be <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/10\/us-news\/kentucky-middle-school-teacher-sadie-m-flores-accused-of-crossing-the-line-with-student-arrested-under-new-anti-grooming-law\/\">charged under a new grooming law <\/a>is a married new mom, it has emerged.<\/p>\n<p>Graves County Middle School teacher Sadie Flores, 25, was busted Friday and charged with\u00a0grooming a minor \u2013 four years after marrying her husband, David, a machine operator, and a year after giving birth to their first child, a daughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so grateful God chose us to be parents to this sweet baby,\u201d Flores <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sadie.fulcher.14\/posts\/pfbid0mgPbs4QiCxqtSVyd2e1y1aWp76jkDUFRPB3iLVS2JfjZ1tmNUELoy46YE544m2mql\">gushed on Facebook<\/a> in July 2024, announcing her pregnancy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" 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Flores<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cOur greatest adventure is about to begin!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Flores shared snaps of her daughter posing in front of church signs, just weeks before she was arrested at her workplace following a complaint from the accuser\u2019s parents.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>She \u201cattempted to manipulate the minor and expressed feelings of love and admiration more so than just a student-teacher relationship,\u201d Graves County Sheriffs said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpsdlocal6.com\/news\/details-emerge-on-grooming-allegations-against-graves-county-teacher\/article_c629cab7-b72a-4f1d-a4ba-28418d5f432e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">citation seen by WPSD.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police have not revealed her alleged victim\u2019s age, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/news\/article-16041523\/Southern-belle-allegation-school-Sadie-Flores.html\">the Mail reported<\/a> school board officials were contacted by a parent of a 14-year-old. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"40283070\"><br \/>\n\t<default:svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><default:path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/default:svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:1;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40283070\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/married-school-teacher-met-secret-137073472.jpg?w=960\" alt=\"Sadie Flores, a school teacher, posing with a man and blurred-out 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590px\"\/><figcaption>She gave birth to a daughter last year. <span class=\"credit\">Facebook.\/ Sadie Flores<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The parent found texts allegedly shared by Flores and the child deemed \u201cnot to be of a legitimate purpose and were not school related.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The educator and the student also \u201cmet in secret before a school function, outside of school, that [she] was not directly a part of,\u201d according to Graves County Sheriffs Office.<\/p>\n<p>They also allegedly had late-night FaceTime calls that \u201cthe parents were not aware of,\u201d according to police.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear how long Flores and the child were allegedly messaging before she was busted. <\/p>\n<p>Flores has been charged with grooming a minor under a law that took effect on July 15. The law allows cops to charge predators before sexual assault happens. Teachers must also take part in sessions focused on preventing grooming.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not clear when she will appear in court, and it\u2019s not clear if she\u2019s entered a plea.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kentucky middle school teacher who was the first to be charged under a new grooming law is a married new mom, it has emerged. Graves County Middle School teacher Sadie Flores, 25, was busted Friday and charged with\u00a0grooming a minor \u2013 four years after marrying her husband, David, a machine operator, and a year&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/137073612.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hub"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}