Lake Area Teacher Had Sexual Relationship With Student, Authorities Say

MILLER COUNTY, Mo. — A local teacher is facing four felony charges after authorities say he had a sexual relationship with a female student.

Miller County R-III (Tuscumbia) teacher Michael Allen is charged with two counts of Statutory Sodomy and two counts of Sexual Contact with a Student. According to a probable cause document for Allen’s charging, a tip through the Highway Patrol’s “Courage 2 Report” system put local investigators on the trail. During the investigation, a man called the Miller County Sheriff’s Office investigator, saying his daughter had told him that she and Allen had been in a relationship for more than a year, and that the relationship had been sexual.

During an interview at Kids Harbor, the girl—who was 16 at the time—said Allen had given her alcohol and tried to have sex with her at his apartment. She told interviewers that she resisted, according to the document, but Allen persisted and made sexual contact with her. He was 24 years old at the time.

The girl reportedly told interviewers that they would meet, and he would tell her to turn off the Life 360 tracking app on her phone when they did so. He also is alleged to have tried to have sexual contact with her in his classroom outside of school hours. In another incident at a friend’s house, the girl says Allen followed her into the bathroom and had sexual contact with her.

The document noted Allen is under investigation in Camden County for an incident that reportedly happened in Osage Beach.

Allen was arrested on March 9 and is being held in Miller County Jail on $75,000 bond.