WEST JORDAN — Nearly two dozen criminal charges were filed Thursday against a middle school teacher in West Jordan accused of grooming and then sexually abusing a former student who told police he viewed her as a “mother figure.”

Alisha Marie George, 40, of Eagle Mountain, is charged in 3rd District Court with attempted rape and four counts of forcible sodomy, first-degree felonies; 12 counts of forcible sexual abuse, a second-degree felony; distributing pornographic material, a third-degree felony; and four counts of unlawful kissing of a child, a class A misdemeanor.

Court documents indicate that additional victims have come forward, and more charges could be filed against her.

At the time of her arrest, George taught an honors language arts class at Hawthorn Academy, 9062 S. 2200 Wes

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