Middle school teacher allegedly tried to persuade student aged 13 years of age or younger to engage in a sexual act

A South Carolina teacher is accused of soliciting an underage student through “explicit” text messages to engage in a sexual act, police announced.

Police said 45-year-old Megan Lawrimore Bolt, of Florence, was arrested on Aug. 11. Bolt was charged with criminal solicitation of a minor.

‘This situation was brought to our attention by a parent of the student involved, and we took immediate action and reported it directly to law enforcement.’

South Carolina law states: “A person eighteen years of age or older commits the offense of criminal solicitation of a minor if he or she knowingly contacts or communicates with, or attempts to contact or communicate with, a person who is under the age of eighteen, or a person reasonably believed to be under the age of