Crown Point Elementary Teacher Charged with Battering Student with Disability

Then-teacher accused of having sexual relationship with 14-year-old boy

ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — The Anderson County Sheriff's Office said that a former teacher was arrested for having an inappropriate relationship with a teenage boy. Authorities said that the relationship between 33-year-old Nicole Ballew Callaham and a male teenage student, whose identity has not been released, began in 2021 and continued for at least two years. The Greenville City Police confirmed the student was 14 at the time the relation…

Crown Point elementary teacher charged with battering student with disability

Charges were filed May 29 against Deborah R. Smith, 64, court records show. District officials said she has not been employed with the district since April.

Anderson elementary teacher charged with criminal sexual conduct with a 14-year-old

Nicole Ballew Callaham is being held in the Anderson County Detention Center after a joint, nearly two-month investigation across two counties identified her.

South Carolina teacher charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor

Nicole Callaham faces charges in Anderson and Greenville counties after police say she engaged in criminal sexual conduct with a boy starting at age 14.

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Former Crown Point Teacher Charged with Battery on Autistic Student - Region News Source

A former Crown Point teacher is facing criminal charges after allegedly battering a 6-year-old non-verbal autistic student in her classroom. Deborah R. Smith, 64, of Crown Point, is accused of physically mistreating the child during an incident on April 10, 2025, at Eisenhower Elementary School. According to court documents, two staff members reported witnessing Smith use force against the student. One stated she saw Smith grab the child by the …