Humboldt school board member faces multiple charges after violating order of protection
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HUMBOLDT, Tenn. — A Humboldt City Schools board member has recently received four different charges related to a violation of an order of protection.
According to Gibson County court documents, Christine Warrington of Humboldt, an active employee on the Humboldt City School’s Board of Education is facing four charges: aggravated stalking, felony harassment, violation of probation, and violation of an order of protection. According to District Attorney Frederick Agee of the 28th Judicial District, Warrington was issued the order of protection earlier this year in Gibson County Chancery Court.
According to the court documents, Warrington had an order of protection issued against her on February 13, Warrington violated the order of protection, and was arrested.
On May 8, Juvenile Judge Mark Johnson, found her guilty of violating the order of protection and sentenced her to 10 days in jail, 11 months and 29 days of probation, and she shall have no contact with the victim.
Warrington served her 10 days and was released. On June 3rd, the victim made a police report that Warrington had made Facebook posts naming her concerning the case.
According to the court documents, in the 2,369 word long Facebook post, Warrington allegedly named the victim and attacked her personally.
Police investigated and determined Warrington was using Facebook as a third party to contact the victim.
On June 10, a warrant for Christine Warrington’s arrest was placed, her arraignment will be Thursday at 9 a.m.
We reached out to the Humboldt City Schools who provided us with the following statement:
“Humboldt City Schools will not comment on information regarding the personal lives of school board members and information that is not applicable to the business of Humboldt City Schools. We would ask that the public and media would respect the privacy of any school board member dealing with circumstances that have yet to be disclosed as public knowledge.”
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