A former Miss Kentucky from Ohio County, who taught middle school in West Virginia, has been sentenced to prison after sending nude photos of herself to a 14-year-old boy.
Former Hartford resident Ramsey Carpenter Bearse, 29, of Kanawah County, West Virginia, pled guilty to four counts of distribution or display of obscene matter to a minor. She was sentenced to two years in prison, and after released she must register as a sex offender for the rest of her life.
Bearse was crowned Miss Kentucky in 2014.
The criminal complaint filed against Bearse said the mother of the 14-year-old boy discovered topless photos of Bearse on her son’s cellphone. The boy attended Andrew Jackson Middle School in Cross Lanes, West Virginia, in the sixth through eighth grades where Bearse was a teacher for at least part of those three years, according to the original complaint.
When investigators questioned Bearse she admitted she sent the photos to the boy via Snapchat between August 2018 and October 2018.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
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