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(web | news) , Va. - A Prince George's County school teacher has been charged with having sex with a minor, police say.
Mark Allen Jackson, 43, of Alexandria has been charged with transporting a minor across state lines with the intent of having an illicit sexual relationship.
Alexandria court documents show Jackson, an ROTC teacher at Charles Herbert Flowers School in Springdale, Md., developed a relationship with a 16-year-old girl in his September 2008 class that turned sexual three months later. That is when Jackson began picking up the girl from her Maryland home and taking her to his in Alexandria.
The girls mother became suspicious and contacted authorities in March. Jackson admitted to having sexual intercourse with the juvenile during a taped phone conversation with the girl's mother.
Attempts to contact the Prince George's County school system have bean unsuccessful. Jackson, who is still listed on the Flowers High School Web site as a teacher, is due in court August 24.
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