FROM STAFF REPORTS

A West Iredell High School teacher is charged with sending a sexually explicit video of herself and a nude image of herself to a student.

April Viney

Iredell County Sheriff Darren Campbell announced the arrest of April Dawn Viney, 44, of Garrison Drive, Statesville, in a news release Wednesday.

Viney, who has taught English at West Iredell High since 2019, has been suspended with pay since Iredell-Statesville Schools was notified of the investigation, district officials said in a news release

The ICSO began investigating on September 22 after receiving a report that a teacher at West Iredell High had sent an inappropriate video and image to a student, Campbell said.

The investigation was assigned to Special Victims Unit Detective Elliott Lane, who conducted numerous witness interviews, processed cellular telephones, and executed search warrants for the suspect’s social media accounts.

The victim is a former West Iredell High student who had been enrolled in Viney’s class as an underclassman. The student was enrolled as an online high school student at the time of incident.

Based on all the evidence gathered through the investigation, Detective Lane obtained felony warrants for Viney’s arrest.

On Tuesday, October 4, Viney was arrested and taken to the Iredell County Detention Center, where she was charged with two counts of Felony Dissemination of Obscenity.

Viney appeared before Magistrate Chambers, who issued a $50,000 secured bond on these charges.

Viney previously worked for I-SS from 2002-2007, when she was an English teacher at South Iredell High and Lake Norman High.

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