Their relationship began when the student was 14 and the teacher had become a mentor after a family member's death, police said.

A 27-year-old teacher kicked a nonverbal student multiple times this year at a Central Dauphin middle school, police said in court documents. Myrakle Stokes kicked the 12-year-old several times at Linglestown Middle School after the student kicked or tried to kick her on Jan. 17, according to a citation filed by Lower Paxton Township police.