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Thomas Blake Tucker: Ex-Alabama school teacher out on bond for $30K marries student he had sex with

Thomas Blake Tucker married on November 8, even when his current bond restricted him from engaging in any communication with the student

BY OWAIS FAROOQI

UPDATED NOV 23, 2022

Thomas Blake Tucker, 25, a former school teacher has married a student he had sexual relations with (Limestone County Sheriff's Office)

LIMESTONE COUNTY, ALABAMA: Multiple reports confirm that Thomas Blake Tucker, 25, of Madison, and former itinerant special education teacher, and coach at East Limestone High School is now married. He was arrested on September 16 for charges of School Employee Engaging in Sex Act with a student under the age of 19. Though out on bail for $30000, he subsequently had to quit the job on October 25 after a special board called a meeting where they accepted his resignation. Thomas is now "lawfully married" to the same student he had sexual relations with.

Citing court documents, Tucker married on November 8, even when his current bond which he was supposed to adhere to, restricted Tucker from engaging or attempting to engage in communication with the student. "There is no petition or legal filing currently that would restrict the student and Thomas, a now lawfully and legally married couple, from communicating with one another," a report in The News Courier said.

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The court had allowed Tucker to be released on a $30000 bond with the condition that he had no contact with the student. He now included a copy of the wedding license in a court filing asking the judge to change the conditions of the bond so that they "can live together." The court will hear Tucker's motion to strike certain bond restrictions on December 6.

As per Limestone County Sheriff's Office Facebook post on September 18, "On September 16, 2022, around 7:30 p.m., the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office received a tip on a potentially inappropriate relationship between Thomas Blake Tucker, an East Limestone High School teacher/coach and a student." The post further read that Tucker was taken into custody to establish probable cause. "Captain Caleb Durden began to investigate the allegation and discovered evidence to establish probable cause, and Tucker was taken into custody around midnight. This is an ongoing investigation," the Sheriff's office further said.

"Thomas Blake Tucker, 25, of Madison, AL, has been charged with a School Employee Engaging in a Sex Act With A Student Under the Age of 19. Tucker has been released from the Limestone County Detention Center on a $30,000 bond," as per the report.