A Whitewater

Middle School social studies teacher has been arrested on charges that

he molested one of his female students at a remote area off Bernhard Road

just over a month ago.

Charles Gregory

Farmer, 42, is being held on $150,000 bond. He is charged with child molestation,

sexual assault and enticing a child for indecent purposes.

Farmer turned

himself in to the Fayette County Jail Wednesday morning, according to

officials.

Authorities

were alerted to the allegations by a second party who knew the victim,

said Sgt. Belinda McCastle of the Fayette County Sheriff's Department.

The Fayette

County Board of Education is working with its attorney to determine the

status of Farmer's employment, school spokesperson Melinda Berry-Dreisbach

said Thursday morning. School officials will continue to cooperate with

the law enforcement investigation.

The allegations

were not brought forth until after school was out for the summer, Berry-Dreisbach

said, adding that the incidents did not take place on school grounds.

Farmer has

been employed with the school board since August 2000, Berry-Dreisbach

said. He taught eighth-grade Georgia history this year, she said.

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