A Morris County middle school teacher is accused of sending sexual and suggestive text messages to a 13-year-old former student, officials with the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office said.

Lorri Ann Willis, 45, of Hackettstown, was charged with second-degree counts of endangering the welfare of a child and luring.

Chester police received a report in October about a teacher at Black River Middle School sending sexual and suggestive text messages to a 13-year-old former student, officials said.

The messages were sent between June 2024 and October, officials said.

Willis was suspended from her teaching position in the Chester Township School District, officials said.

She was charged on Monday and is being held at the Morris County Correctional Facility pending a future court date.

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