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Bethany Appleton – a 28-year old middle school teacher in Shelbyville, Indiana – has been arrested on 13 counts of inappropriate behavior with minors.

Foremost among them, Appleton reportedly sleeping with at least one student and of plying many with marijuana and alcohol.

According to authorities, a police investigation uncovered several victims between April 2011 and May 2012, as investigators allege Appleton engaged in sexual relations with one victim in her home and provided alcohol and marijuana to others.

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She is also accused of drinking and smoking with them.

Appleton – who was was hired as a mild disabilities teacher at Shelbyville Middle School in 2008 – faces four ounts of sexual misconduct with a minor, along with charges of child seduction, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and maintaining a common nuisance.