Melissa Lavender

Melissa Lavender is a high school teacher alleged to have performed sex acts with two students—both minors—in St. Clair Shores, Michigan.¹ The incident is alleged to have occurred on a boat docked in a local marina, on the night of June 26, 2008. As reported, a total of eight people were on the boat beside Lavender—all of them current or former students of South Lake High School, where she is employed.²

Fast Facts

1. Age: 33
2. Teaches culinary arts
3. Married, with 2 children
4. Arraigned August 6, 2008
5. Charges: fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct¹
6. Alleged victims age 16 and 17
7. Alcohol may have been involved¹
8. Released on $25,000 bond³

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