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A former Christian school teacher in Oregon was arrested Friday after her husband allegedly walked in on her while she was having sex with a 17-year-old male student earlier this month.

Andrea Nicole Baber, 29, was charged with third-degree rape, third-degree sodomy, unlawful delivery of marijuana to a minor, online sexual corruption of a child and contributing to the sexual delinquency of a minor, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.

The relationship between Baber and the teenager began in 2016 when the boy was 15 years old.

According to local newspaper the Register-Guard, the victim’s father reported the sexual relationship on Dec. 12 after he and his wife received an anonymous email asking whether they knew about the sexual relationship between their 17-year-old son and Baber. The email also contained several pictures of the boy and Baber together in the latter’s bed.

According to court documents, Baber and the teenager were caught in bed by Baber's husband on Dec. 5.

The sheriff’s office stated that Baber worked as a teacher in the Logan Christian Academy and remained on the school's online staff directory up until Monday. The website stated that Baber lived south of Eugene with her husband, a dog, and a cat, another local newspaper, the News-Review, reported.

Baber was an instructor in the English Department and taught language and literature, writing and speech communication according to her biography on the school website. Her deleted bio once read: “Andrea has always felt called to work with youth and is very excited that God opened the door for her to be part of the Logos team,” reported the Register-Guard.

On her LinkedIn profile, Baber wrote that she was a “writing teacher” for Logan Christian Academy since September 2014 and described her duties as “Imparting knowledge of the English language and spreading enthusiasm for writing to the next generation.”

Her other jobs included working as a baker and a writing tutor. The LinkedIn page also specified that she was a writing tutor for Northwest Christian University for almost two years until May 2014 and that she was a final draft editor for a company for more than a year.

She had a bachelor’s degree from Northwest Christian University in Eugene, where she stated that she studied English/Communication and listed her activities as “Speech and Debate, Sigma Tau Delta (International English Honor Society)” She also wrote that she volunteered at the Salvation Army.

When interviewed by the police, the boy told deputies that their relationship initially included flirting at school, kissing at the movies and eventually progressed to sexual acts. He also said he and Baber had sex once or twice a week at her residence, the Register-Guard reported.

Baber was reportedly being held on $456,250 bail at Douglas County Jail.

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