Springfield third grade teacher hit with prostitution charge

For those who say I never run any negative news stories about teachers, here is evidence to the contrary.

The Greene County Prosecuting Attorney has charged a third grade teacher and her husband with promoting prostitution.

According to KSPR's report:

Prosecutors charged Springfield third grade teacher Laura Fiedler and her husband Mark Fiedler with promoting prostitution. Fiedler is on leave from her position at Edward V.Williams elementary school. She is still being paid at this time.

According to court documents, police went undercover and say they caught the two in a sting operation almost a year ago at the Landmark Building on north Fefferson. Another woman, Kayla Yong, has been charged with prostitution in the case.

From KY3:

Court records show the business advertised on a website called backpage.com under the adult category.

That was where an officer contacted the business, established what was offered and at what price.

A meeting was set up at the building and the cops made their move.

And from the Springfield News-Leader:

The officer arrived in the room and negotiated for a massage and oral sex for $150, the documents said. He then gave officers listening in on a recording device the signal to enter the room.

The woman, who was nude when officers knocked on the door, agreed to speak with police and told them that the Fiedlers arranged her meetings with clients. She said of whatever she charged, $35 went to "the house." The woman said she had been instructed to leave the money in the room, the search warrant said.

Another woman was in another room at the time of the sting, documents said. She also told authorities the Fiedlers arranged her clients for her, according to the search warrant.

A warrant for the couple has been issued, online court documents indicate. Neither appeared to be in custody Monday afternoon.

Now the Fiedlers are charged with felonies.

"He's charged essentially with managing the prostitution business; whereas, she's charged with assistance in that business," said Greene County Prosecutor Dan Patterson.

And not that we don't want to wait until the case is resolved, but as of Wednesday, Springfield taxpayers will have been paying her salary for one year since her initial arrest on the prostutition charge. I hope this case doesn't become someone's argument against teacher tenure. This woman could have and should have been fired long ago.