Snapchat Search Brings 10 New Felonies for Former Tuscaloosa Teacher

A former teacher at a Christian school in Tuscaloosa is facing a slew of new felony charges after a search of her social media accounts allegedly revealed illegal communications with a juvenile.

As the Thread previously reported, 36-year-old Sarah Huggins Logan was arrested last summer after investigators charged her with having a sexual relationship with a student at North River Christian Academy, where she worked at the time - police said the school cooperated with their investigation and terminated Logan's employment.

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Logan was accused of violating Alabama law prohibiting a school employee from engaging in a sexual act with a student and was placed in the Tuscaloosa County Jail last July. She quickly bonded out but was soon back behind bars for reportedly violating the terms of her bond by communicating with a juvenile almost immediately after she was released.

As that first case matriculated from district court to circuit court, multiple judges have denied requests to reinstate bond and allow Logan to leave the county jail - Circuit Judge Allen May rejected a motion to set bond as recently as Friday, January 2nd.

Now, months after her first arrest, investigators have charged Sarah Huggins Logan with 10 new felony charges - all counts of transmitting obscene material to a child.

Each Class B felony is allegedly related to explicit photos and videos Logan shared with a juvenile on Snapchat, a social media platform predominantly used to send and receive messages that expire after a short time and then can no longer be accessed.

In court documents filed Friday, investigators said they obtained search warrants for two Snapchat accounts allegedly associated with Logan and found evidence to charge her with 10 counts of transmitting obscene material to a child for actions taken between May and July last year.

The Buhl woman remained in the Tuscaloosa County Jail Monday, where a consolidated bond for the 10 new charges has been set at $100,000, but with bond revoked in the first case against her, that point is moot unless Judge May rules differently.

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