Pocatello Teacher Accused of Raping First-Grader at Elementary School

POCATELLO — A Pocatello-Chubbuck School District 25 teacher faces up to life in prison after being charged with multiple sex crimes against a first-grade boy.

Tiffany Marie Petersen, 46, of Pocatello, has been charged with one count of lewd conduct against a child and one count of rape of a child under the age of 16, both felonies.

Petersen was indicted on the sex crimes by a Bannock County grand jury on Wednesday and arrested by Pocatello police later that day.

Petersen allegedly engaged in sexual intercourse and other sexual acts with a child who was either 7 or 8 years old between Aug. 1, 2008, and Dec. 21, 2009, at Washington Elementary School in Pocatello, according to the indictment.

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