Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  • A Bentonville High School math teacher faces two charges after being arrested in connection with inappropriate contact with students.

    Melissa G. Monroe, 32 of Bella Vista, was arrested Tuesday for sexual assault in the second degree and knowingly furnishing alcohol to a minor.

    Bentonville police began investigating after receiving information that Monroe had been involved in a sexual relationship with a male student, a police news release states.

    Monroe is in the Benton County Jail awaiting a bond and probable-cause hearing.