1Chester teacher charged after alleged sexual texts to 13-year-old

CHESTER, NJ — A Chester-area teacher has been charged after investigators say she sent sexual and suggestive text messages to a 13-year-old former student over more than a year, prompting her suspension and detention Monday.

Lorri Ann Willis, 45, of Hackettstown, was charged Monday with one count of Endangering the Welfare of a Child, a second-degree offense, and one count of Luring, also a second-degree offense, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office said. The Chester Police Department reported that the alleged text conversations occurred from June 2024 through October and involved a 13-year-old student formerly enrolled at Black River Middle School.

The prosecutor’s Sex Crimes/Child Endangerment Unit and Chester police

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