Area Teacher Charged With Inappropriate Student Contact

A Martinsburg woman who teaches special education at Altoona Area High School turned herself in to police last Friday, Jan. 25, to face felony charges after an Altoona police investigation turned up nude photos and a video she allegedly sent to a student.

Holly D. Metzler, 45, of Martinsburg, was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Daniel DeAntonio, Altoona, on felony counts of disseminating obscene or sexual explicit materials to a minor and felony unlawful contact with a minor.

According to the criminal complaint, on Nov. 16, 2018, Altoona Police Detective Lt. Ashley Day began...