Tuesday, Lakethia Wilkins, a Pickens County fourth-grade teacher, was arrested on charges of child pornography and using her position for personal gain. The Aliceville Elementary School teacher's arrest is the fourth teacher arrest in Pickens County in 2026.
As first reported by the Tuscaloosa Thread, Wilkins’ arrest is just the latest in a series involving four different teachers facing charges related to the abuse of minors.
Aliceville High School teacher and a pastor at the First Baptist Church of Aliceville, 58-year-old Winston Bishop, was arrested on Monday afternoon on charges of solicitation of child pornography, possession of child pornography, illegal distribution of a controlled substance, and providing drugs to a minor.
A third Pickens County educator, 28-year-old Antavious Belgrave, a social studies teacher at Aliceville High School, was arrested by the Pickens County Sheriff's Office.
He also remains in the Pickens County Jail on a $1 million bond. He was arrested on February 6th and charged with felony indecent exposure, three counts of sexual misconduct, three counts of ethics violations, three counts of failure to report child abuse, and three counts of felony distributing a private image.
Those three arrests followed a January 30 arrest of 41-year-old Aliceville High School math teacher Roderick Granger.
Granger was arrested by the Aliceville Police Department (APD) following what APD described as a "proactive and ongoing investigation" conducted in coordination with the 24th Judicial Circuit District Attorney’s Investigation Division.
According to a post on the APD page, "The Aliceville Police Department remains committed to protecting the innocent and ensuring justice for victims. The public is reminded that sharing, downloading, or viewing such material is a serious felony offense."
Granger was charged with possession of child sex abuse material, dissemination of child sex abuse material, solicitation of child sex abuse material, failure to report child abuse, and an ethics violation. He remains in Pickens County Jail under a $1 million bond.
All four teachers are considered innocent until proven guilty.
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