Teacher indicted on charges of having sex with male students

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- A northern New Jersey high school teacher accused of having sex with several male students is now facing a 40-count indictment.

Essex County authorities says Nicole DuFault is charged with aggravated sexual assault and child endangerment for allegedly engaging in sex acts with six victims.

Authorities say all of the boys were between 14 and 15 years old at the time the alleged incidents occurred on multiple occasions in 2013 and 2014. They say some of the sex acts occurred on school property and in DuFault's car.

The indictment, handed up by a county grand jury, was made public Tuesday.

The 35-year-old Caldwell resident had been a language arts teacher at Columbia High School for several years before she was arrested last September. She remains free on $500,000 bail.
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