Alabama High School Teacher Arrested for Sexual Relationship with Student

Joe Bradley Petrey, a History teacher and football coach at Brookwood High School, was arrested and booked into the Tuscaloosa County Jail on one charge of sexual contact with a student, multiple news outlets reported. The arrest occurred after an anonymous source alerted authorities that compromising photos had been posted online showing his relationship with a teen girl. The girl was still a student at the time the photos were taken. Evidence obtained in Petrey’s electronic devices, which was recovered through search warrants, confirmed the relationship dates to nearly a year ago. Petrey has since resigned from his teaching job.