Missouri woman charged in Kansas with unlawful sexual relations

ATCHISON, Kan. – A Missouri woman has been charged with having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student in 2012 while she was a high school teacher in the Kansas town of Atchison.

Thirty-five-year-old Shelley Aversman, 35, of Rushville, Missouri, was charged Wednesday in Atchison County with one count of unlawful sexual relations with a student.

The criminal complaint says the Kansas Bureau of Investigation investigated the allegations and took Aversman into custody Wednesday afternoon.

She was released after posting $50,000 bond.

Her attorney, Andrew Werring, says she will make her first appearance Friday.

He said he couldn’t comment further because he hadn’t received all the investigative reports.

This story was originally published December 10, 2015 at 1:15 PM with the headline "Missouri woman charged in Kansas with unlawful sexual relations."