Teacher Charged With Violently Raping Underage Foster Care Children

 Jodi Kirkpatrick, a 42-year-old science teacher Artesia Junior High School, was jailed Friday after she allegedly violently raped several foster children that were in her care.

According to police, Kirkpatrick's sex offender ex-husband, Richard Glascoe, was sentenced to a 25 year sentence after he was found guilty of raping three 7-year-old children that were in foster care.

Investigators say Kirkpatrick and Glascoe forced a 6-year-old foster child to have sex with them between 2003 and 2006.

Another foster child was allegedly handcuffed and threatened with a gun and a knife on several occasions. The child was then forced to watch Kirkpatrick and Glascoe sexually assault a toddler, according to detectives.

Kirkpatrick and Glascoe reportedly divorced around the time Glascoe was charged with sexually assaulting three children.

Kirkpatrick was jailed and charged with five counts of criminal sexual penetration, five counts of kidnapping, and five counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Kirkpatrick has been placed on administrative leave by the school district pending the outcome of the investigation.