An Alabama kindergarten teacher selected as Teacher of the Year at her school was taken into custody Friday morning on sex charges involving teens.

Heather Ozment, 49, is charged with first-degree sexual abuse, second-degree sexual abuse and enticing a child to enter a vehicle or house for immoral purposes.

Ozment is listed on the school’s website as a kindergarten teacher at Calera Elementary School. She won Teacher of the Year for 2024-2025, according to the school’s Facebook page.

Chief David Hyche said the allegations against Ozment involve teens, not her students, and happened after school hours.

Details of the alleged crimes have not yet been made public.

Hyche said school officials immediately placed Ozment on leave.

Heather Lynn Ozment (Facebook)

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