Associated Press - April 21, 2009 10:45 AM ET

BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A former Sullivan County school teacher has been charged with sexual battery by an authority figure.

The indictment was returned against 35-year-old William Joseph Seagroves of Jonesborough, who was arrested April 13, according to the Kingsport Times-News.

The indictment accuses Seagroves of criminal sexual contact with a 16-year-old student on May 23, 2008.

Seagroves became a math teacher and assistant track coach in January 2006 as part of a state program to bring professionals from other disciplines into the classroom. He had been a chemical engineer at Nuclear Fuel Services in Erwin.

He resigned from Sullivan Central High School in October when a student filed a complaint against him with police.

Information from: Kingsport Times-News, http://www.timesnews.net

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