Georgia school administrator, 43, is charged after she ‘raped student at Halloween party’

A Georgia school administrator has been charged with sex crimes after she allegedly raped a student and gave others alcohol during a Halloween party.

Rachelle Louise Terry, 43, is charged with ten counts of giving alcohol to minors the party this year and engaging in a sexual relationship with one of the youngsters.

Terry is the director of Enrollment, Data Collections, and Federal Programs for the Murray County school system in Georgia.

She is paid around $110,000 a year and has been in the position for around 22 years. She turned herself in and was taken into custody on Wednesday November 23.

Since then she has since been held in the Murray County Jail, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

The age of consent in Georgia is 16 – any child below that age cannot consent. The age of the students involved in her case are not known.

Terry, who works for the Murray County school system, is paid around $110,000 a year

Terry was taken to the Murray County Jail, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation

Terry (center) was photographed on the night of the Halloween party

An investigation began on November 9 when Sheriff Jimmy Davenport received a report of minors being provided alcohol at a Halloween party, The Dalton Daily Citizen reported. 

Davenport told the local newspaper he was contacted by Murray County Schools Superintendent Steve Loughridge about the party after a parent made a complaint.

Terry turned herself in for five counts of purchasing alcoholic beverages for minors and five counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. 

Terry lives in Chatsworth, Georgia. It is not clear where the party was hosted or where she is accused of administering the alcohol

The party came to be investigated after a parent made a complaint, Sheriff Jimmy Davenport said 

Terry ‘was placed on administrative leave with pay, upon return from the Thanksgiving break’

Since her arrest on November 22, Terry has been held at the Murray County Jail (pictured)

To avoid any potential conflicts of interest the case was handed over to the Conasauga District Attorney’s Office, Davenport told the Daily Citizen.

She ‘was placed on administrative leave with pay, upon return from the Thanksgiving break, and prior to her Wednesday night arrest,’ said Derichia Lynch, communications coordinator for Murray County Schools.

‘Because she is under contract, her leave must be with pay until a hearing can be conducted,’ she added.

Conasauga DA Bert Poston confirmed his office handled the investigation of the party.

‘Sheriff Davenport asked me to take the lead on that so my investigator in Murray County conducted that investigation and took those charges,’ he said.

‘The GBI will not come in to investigate misdemeanor charges under those circumstances, so we agreed to take a look at it after the initial complaint came in.’