Pinal County, Arizona — A former Pinal County teacher who was arrested in 2018 for having an inappropriate relationship with a minor student was recently placed on supervised probation.

Earlier this year, Andrew Hensley, 43, pleaded guilty to two counts of sexually motivated child abuse, a fourth-degree felony.

Hensley was sentenced to 15 years of supervised probation in Pinal County Superior Court last month, according to the Pinal County Attorney’s Office.

The PCAO said a decision on whether Ms. Hensley should be registered as a sex offender was postponed by the court until an examination and evaluation was completed.

Hensley was a lecturer in fire science at the Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology in Coolidge.

In the summer of 2018, authorities launched an investigation after allegations surfaced that Hensley had had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student.

The student’s parents said they began to worry about their relationship with the student after learning that Hensley had reportedly bought jewelry and mobile phones for their children. Records of the Arizona State Board of Education.

Hensley resigned from CAVIT in July 2018 and was arrested by US Marshals in North Carolina a few months later. Hensley surrendered his teaching license, according to state records.

School officials reported finding sex toys in Hensley’s former office, the sheriff’s office said.

The case took an unusual turn when the fire science teacher who replaced Mr. Hensley at CAVIT was arrested around the same time on similar charges.

Brian Sharpe had been teaching at CAVIT for only a few months when he was arrested for sexually abusing a minor, according to reports. Pinal Central. Sharp made a plea bargain and is currently serving time in the Arizona Department of Corrections.

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