A Warren resident faces four felony charges that include sexual contact with a student.

Megan R. Minich, 41, was charged Monday with first-degree statutory sexual assault: 11 years older; third-degree felony school – intercourse/sexual contact with a student; and two counts of third-degree corruption of minors – defendant age 18 or above. Bail was set at $50,000 unsecured by Magisterial District Court Judge Laura Bauer during arraignment on Monday. A preliminary hearing set for Dec. 3 has already been continued and rescheduled for Jan. 14.

According to the Affidavit of Probable Cause, the State Police at Warren was notified of three Childline Reports received by the Warren County District Attorney’s Office regarding a known youth alleging a teacher at the Tidioute Community Charter School had a sexual relationship with the youth. The complaint also alleges Minich gave the youth, who was 13 years of age at the time of the alleged incident in 2022, a large sum of money to keep the relationship a secret.

A complete story will be published in Wednesday’s edition of the Times Observer.