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Married Teacher Arrested And Interviewed After Alleged Relationship With Student

September 30, 2026

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"It Just Kind of Spiraled": The Arrest of a First-Grade Teacher

The call came in just after midnight. A husband named Garrett told dispatchers that his wife, a 25-year-old first-grade teacher named McKenzie, had confessed to having sex with a 16-year-old boy who attended the same school district where she worked. When deputies arrived at the family home in St. John, Washington, they found a chaotic scene: friends visiting for a barbecue, a three-year-old child upstairs, and a marriage already fractured by mutual infidelity and alcohol abuse. What followed was a series of interviews that would unravel McKenzie's initial denials and lead to her arrest for sexual misconduct with a minor.

The Husband's Account

Deputy Griffiths first spoke with Garrett, who explained how he discovered the relationship. He had a "weird feeling" one night, grabbed his wife's phone while she was sleeping on it—which he said was unusual—and found Snapchat messages between McKenzie and the teenager. The screenshots showed sexually explicit content, including a photo of McKenzie in bed and messages like "C U N 5 with a goofy smiley face with the tongue out" and "Obering Extra."

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  • 1 (01:18) **Deputy Arrives and Questions the Husband** - Deputy Griffiths takes over the investigation and begins interviewing the husband, Garrett, who called the police about his wife's alleged relationship with a 16-year-old student.
  • 2 (06:59) **Deputy Interviews the Wife, Mackenzie** - Deputy Amy takes over the interview with Mackenzie, who is first approached outside the home, where she immediately blames the marriage's problems on mutual infidelity and her husband's alcohol abuse.
  • 3 (16:27) **Deputy Presses Mackenzie on Snapchat Messages** - The deputy confronts Mackenzie with the specific, sexually suggestive content of the Snapchat messages, challenging her explanation that she was only trying to confirm an alcohol supply.
  • 4 (26:07) **Mackenzie Denies Sex and Discusses the 16-Year-Old's Reputation** - When directly asked if she had sex with the boy, Mackenzie denies it, but her answers become evasive, shifting blame to the boy's character and her husband's jealousy.
  • 5 (30:18) **Deputy Re-Interviews Husband and Witness Tammy** - The deputy returns to the husband, who now reveals that a witness, Tammy, overheard the wife confess to the sex on the phone, and he describes the chaotic struggle over his phone.
  • 6 (43:43) **Witness Tammy Provides Key Testimony** - The deputy interviews the family friend, Tammy, who provides the most damning evidence, stating she overheard Mackenzie confess to sleeping with the minor.
  • 7 (48:51) **Deputy Debriefs on the Case's Strength** - The deputy calls a supervisor to summarize the evidence, concluding that the witness testimony from Tammy "seals it" and establishes probable cause for an arrest.

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Married Teacher Arrested And Interviewed After Alleged Relationship With Student

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