Teacher's Assistant In Highland Charged With Rape, Sexual Abuse

MIDDLETOWN, NY — A teacher’s assistant at residential center for juvenile delinquents was arrested for alleged rape and sexual abuse. State Police at Highland said Nicole Potts-Miller, 36, of Middletown was charged with third-degree rape, a felony, and second-degree sexual abuse, a misdemeanor.

Police said her arrest was the result of an investigation into allegations that Potts-Miller had sexual contact and engaged in engaged in sexual contact with two residents of the Highland Residential Center on Chodikee Lake Road in Highland.

Potts-Miller was employed at the state facility as a teacher’s assistant at the time of the alleged incidents. [Get Patch’s Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts here.]

She was arraigned in the Town of Esopus Court and sent to the Ulster County Jail in lieu of $25,000 bail or $50,000 bond.

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