Crime & Safety

Coach Accused Of Sex Acts With Mooresville Student: CPD

The volunteer coach at a Mooresville school was arrested at her Cornelius home after she was accused of sex acts with a student, CPD said.

Ayana Chabaya Walcott, 27 and a volunteer coach at a Mooresville school, was arrested at her Cornelius home and faces charges related to sex crimes with a student, CPD said.
Ayana Chabaya Walcott, 27 and a volunteer coach at a Mooresville school, was arrested at her Cornelius home and faces charges related to sex crimes with a student, CPD said. (Cornelius Police Department)

CORNELIUS, NC — A Cornelius woman who volunteered as a coach at a Mooresville school was arrested and charged with numerous sex crimes after she was accused of engaging in a sexual relationship with a student under the age of 15, the Cornelius Police Department said Friday.

Ayana Chabaya Walcott, 27, was arrested May 18 at her home in Cornelius.

According to CPD, they received a report April 15 from the Mooresville Police Department about a possible sexual relationship between Walcott and a student that occurred in Cornelius.

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"After further investigation, Cornelius Detectives were able to secure warrants on Walcott for five felony counts of sexual act with a student and five felony counts of statutory rape with a child under 15," CPD said.

Following her arrest Tuesday, Walcott was transported to the Mecklenburg County Jail, CPD said.

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