A former teacher at Faith Academy in Mobile County was arrested after an investigation into allegations that she had a sexual relationship with a student, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies took 33-year-old Christina Busby into custody on two counts of a school employee engaging in a sexual act with a student under the age of 19. Busby was no longer employed at Faith Academy at the time of her arrest, the sheriff’s office said.
Investigators said the case began after a tip was submitted to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office crime tips line in late August. Detectives determined that Busby had sexual contact with a 17-year-old student on at least two occasions in the Wilmer area, both of which occurred earlier in the year, according to the sheriff’s office.
Authorities said the relationship came to light after the teenager’s mother discovered text messages between the two. At the time of the alleged contact, the student was not enrolled in one of Busby’s classes but was still attending Faith Academy, deputies said.
Busby was booked into Mobile County Metro Jail on the two felony counts. Jail records showed no previous arrests on her record. She was scheduled to appear before a district court judge for a bond hearing days after her arrest.
Faith Academy, a private Christian school in the Mobile area, has not publicly detailed what, if any, internal review followed Busby’s departure from the school. Sheriff’s office representatives said the investigation was prompted entirely by the community tip line rather than a report from the school itself.
Cases involving school employees and students carry strict reporting requirements under Alabama law, and law enforcement officials have said they take such tips seriously given the position of trust teachers hold over students in their care. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said the investigation into the circumstances surrounding the case remained active following Busby’s arrest.