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A Louisiana educator, once celebrated as “Teacher of the Year,” is facing renewed legal troubles with another arrest linked to alleged misconduct involving a former student.
Christie Oster, a 38-year-old teacher from Broussard Middle School, was initially detained by Lafayette Police on charges of carnal knowledge of a juvenile and indecent behavior with juveniles. For these allegations, her bond was set at $50,000. Recently, she was taken into custody once more, this time facing an additional charge of indecent behavior with juveniles, according to a report by KADN. The bond for the latest charge has been set at $10,000.
“We collaborate closely with the Lafayette Police Department,” Capt. Zac Gerard of the Broussard Police Department mentioned to Fox News Digital during a phone conversation.
The latest charge of indecent behavior was added following incidents that occurred within the jurisdiction of Capt. Gerard’s department.
He explained that an additional charge of indecent behavior with juveniles was added based off of what had occurred within his department’s jurisdiction.
Authorities indicated that the accused woman turned herself in to the Lafayette Parish Sheriff’s Office on the warrant, the outlet reported.
A police officer patrols the street in Vail, Colo. (Â Robert Alexander/Getty Images)
Oster had been arrested last week, according to the outlet, which added that the Lafayette Police Department indicated that the victim was one of the woman’s former students.
She was placed on leave by the Lafayette Parish School System, the report said.
Generic stock image of police car lights shot Sept. 8, 2020. (Stephen M. Katz/South Florida Sun-Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
She had been honored as the middle school’s “Teacher of the Year” for the 2025-2026 school year, according to the outlet.