Posted On: January 13, 2012 by Vanessa Cantley

Former LaRue County Teacher Charged With Sex Abuse

Natalie Gentry, 33, former English teacher at LaRue County High School, was arrested Thursday on charges she had sex with a student.

Gentry is charged with one count of sexual abuse, a felony, and two counts of official misconduct, a Class B misdemeanor. Police are reporting that an investigation revealed Gentry engaged in sexual relations with at least one male student at her home in Hardin County.

Gentry' contract with LaRue County Schools was terminated in October.

Gentry was booked in to the Hardin County Detention Center and was released after posting bond. She will be arraigned on February 3 in Elizabethtown.