--- description: Jessica Langford, a former teacher at Ohio's Miamisburg Middle School, was indicted on charges related to having sex with a 14-year-old. title: Ohio Middle School Teacher Accused of Sex with Student image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf31f2bd854f58032/6988f5584ee2623da131033b/jessica-langford.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Ohio](/tag/ohio/) ## Ohio Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Former Middle School Teacher Charged With Having Sex With 14-Year-Old Student  by [Jamie Ducharme](/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Dec 16, 2017 5:58 PM CUT  Photo via Montgomery County Jail  by [Jamie Ducharme](/author/jamie-ducharme/)  ## Jamie Ducharme Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Ducharme is a contributor to TIME. Dec 16, 2017 5:58 PM CUT A former Ohio middle school teacher was indicted on charges of sexual battery and unlawful sexual conduct with a minor who attends the school where she taught. Jessica Langford, 32, allegedly had oral sex and intercourse with a student at Miamisburg Middle School in May, [the Dayton _Daily News_ reports](http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/crime--law/new-details-indicted-miamisburg-teacher-teen-sex-charges/uONb0euDw1LR48VGTj6e3J/ "undefined"). She was indicted in late November, after asking prosecutors to name her accuser and specify the allegations. Court documents did not specify the student’s gender or age, but prosecutor Mathias Heck Jr. said in a statement that he is a 14-year-old boy, [according to the _Daily News_.](http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/indicted-miamisburg-teacher-seeks-teen-details-sex-charges/eYwfXfLvcpEMt1IA47QYfN/ "undefined") Langford had been a teacher at Miamisburg since 2008, according to the _Daily News_. She resigned after her accuser came forward in May. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5067712/ohio-teacher-sex-student/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5067712/ohio-teacher-sex-student/"},"headline":"Former Middle School Teacher Charged With Having Sex With 14-Year-Old Student","datePublished":"2017-12-16T17:58:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:36:03.017Z","description":"She resigned in May","url":"https://time.com/5067712/ohio-teacher-sex-student/","keywords":["Ohio","onetime","onetimecrime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf31f2bd854f58032/6988f5584ee2623da131033b/jessica-langford.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jamie Ducharme","jobTitle":"Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf31f2bd854f58032/6988f5584ee2623da131033b/jessica-langford.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"jessica-langford","caption":"jessica-langford","creditText":"Photo via Montgomery County Jail","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/ohio/","name":"Ohio"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5067712/ohio-teacher-sex-student/","name":"Former Middle School Teacher Charged With Having Sex With 14-Year-Old Student"}}]}] ```