ALLEGANY COUNTY, MD - An Allegany County teacher has been arrested for allegedly having a sexual relationship with one of her 16-year-old students.

Autumn Leathers, 24, faces numerous charges, including child abuse, child sexual abuse, and sex offenses.

She is an English teacher at Mountain Ridge High School.

Officers say they were contacted by a resident, who noticed the student at Leathers’ home several times in the late evening.

When he was interviewed by officers, the student told them he and Leathers had a sexual relationship that started in May of this year and continued throughout the summer.

Authorities believe all of the sexual activity occurred at Leathers’ home, not in the school.

A search warrant was executed at Leathers’ home on Braddock Street in Frostburg Wednesday evening, where police found other evidence that has become part of the investigation.

She is being held at the Allegany County Detention Center on $25,000 bond.  She is also on administrative leave by the Board of Education pending termination proceedings.