On Tuesday, December 12, 2017, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a female teacher, who had been engaging in a sexually intimate relationship with a former student, who is still a minor. The female, 29-year-old Andrea Nicole Baber of Cottage Grove (Douglas County, Oregon) is a former teacher at Logos Christian Academy in Springfield. Deputies began their investigation and discovered evidence to substantiate the report. It was learned Baber began the relationship with the then 15-year-old student in 2016 and had engaged in a sexual relationship on a regular basis with the minor and provided him with marijuana. On Friday, December 15th, Sheriff’s Office Detectives obtained a search warrant for Baber’s residence, located in the 1200-block of Territorial Highway in Cottage Grove (Douglas County, Oregon) where detectives located additional evidence. Baber later returned home and was contacted by deputies after reporting a burglary. She was taken into custody and lodged in the Douglas County Jail on the following charges: * Sodomy III; * Rape III; * Contributing to the Sexual Delinquency of a Minor; * Online Sexual Corruption of a Child I; * Unlawful Delivery of Marijuana to a Person Under 18 years of Age. Detectives ask anyone with information to please contact them at 541-440-4458 or by email at dcso.pio@co.douglas.or.us
