Midlands Teacher Facing Second Charge

Columbia, SC (WOLO)– A Midlands High School teacher is facing a second charge of sexual battery with a student. Investigators with the Forest Acres Police Department say Kinsley Wentzky had sexual relations with a 17 year old student at her home on Fernwood Rd. of December 20th of last year. Wentzky had previously been arrested for the same charge by Columbia Police. In that charge Wentzky is accused of having sex with another 17 year old student in May of 2011 at a home on Wilmot Ave. The charges carry a sentence of up to five years in prison. Wentzky, an English teacher at Dreher HIgh School, has been placed on administrative leave by Richland School District 1.