Substitute teacher, 30, 'videos herself masturbating in front of class full of second graders,' cops say

A SUBSTITUTE teacher has been accused of filming herself masturbating in front of a class of second-graders, cops say.

Amelia Ressler, 30, was arrested on Friday and charged with 19 counts of child molestation, which allegedly took place at Mt Zion Elementary School, according to local police.

The school is near Carrollton, a city about 54 miles west of Atlanta, in Georgia.

School officials notified investigators of “allegations of misconduct” by the teacher.

The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office's subsequent investigation found that Ressler had “engaged in indecent and immoral acts while in the presence of school aged children."

“It appears she was masturbating while the classroom was full of kids,” Ashley Hulsey, with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, told WAGA.

The 19 counts represent one of each child in her second grade classroom, cops said.

According to Husley, investigators found evidence of the indecent act when someone in the community saw a video and alerted the school.

“We obtained video evidence because she videoed it herself and disseminated it and we were able to get a hold of that evidence,” she said.

Hulsey also said that investigators were in the process of conducting interviews with students who were present in the classroom during the alleged incident.

Additional charges could be added based on those interviews, according to Hulsey.

“It’s one of these things the kids are going through that they shouldn’t,” she said.

“The mental anguish that it’s causing these children and parents, that was our drive behind working this case, getting it down quickly, getting her put in jail as quickly as possible.”

Ressler is currently being held in the county jail. Bond has not been set, jail records show.

The Sun has contacted the school for comment.

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