ELIZABETH CITY
The Pasquotank County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday charged a high school teacher with three counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor, an arrest report said.
Charles Elsbury Whedbee, 41, a teacher at Pasquotank County High School, was being held in the Albemarle District Jail with bond set at $30,000, Sheriff Randy Cartwright said.
Deputies began investigating the case a few weeks ago after receiving information from several sources alleging an illegal relationship between Whedbee and a 15-year-old student, Cartwright said.
The case is active and could result in more charges, the sheriff said.
Deputies approached Whedbee at the courthouse on Wednesday afternoon before he appeared for a civil hearing. He cooperated and was placed under arrest, Cartwright said.
The school’s Web site lists Whedbee as a social studies teacher.
The arrest report lists his home address as Elizabeth City. But he apparently has been living in Virginia, Cartwright said.
Patrick Wilson, (757) 446-2957, patrick.wilson@pilotonline.com
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