LOCAL | Hardeman Co. Teacher Arrested For Sexual Battery Out On Bond

A Hardeman County teacher is out on bond one day after being arrested and charged with sexual assault and inappropriate contact with multiple female students.

He was accused of four counts of simple assault, one count of aggravated sexual violence, and two counts of sexual battery by an authority figure.

Childers was accused of touching the alleged victims and making them feel uncomfortable, according to affidavits of complaint from seven female students, ages 12 to 14.

On December 3, Jason Childers is expected to appear in Hardeman County General Sessions Court.