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Teacher accused of selling student's coat on eBay

A first grade teacher in Hillsboro is accused of trying to sell a student's coat on eBay.

Elizabeth Logan, 42, is facing theft and felony computer crime charges and is on paid administrative leave from Jackson Elementary.

The teacher was arrested Feb. 6 after the mother of a third-grader at the school complained to school officials and Hillsboro police. The mother said she went shopping for a replacement jacket on eBay after her daughter's Columbia Sportswear jacket disappeared and did not show up in the school's lost and found.

The mother found the missing coat on Ebay, and authorities connected Logan to the sale on the online auction site.

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Police: teacher stole from school, put the goods on E-Bay

ENDICOTT, N.Y. An upstate school teacher was arrested today, accused of stealing instructional materials from her school and putting the stolen items for sale on the E-Bay Internet auction site.

Authorities say Jo-Ann Peters apparently had been stealing items from the L-W West School in the Union-Endicott School District for several months.

State police executed a search warrant at the teacher's town of Owego home this morning and found a large quantity of things from the school.

An investigator said police discovered instructional materials, a computer and a camera in the residence. He said the stolen property was valued at more than a thousand dollars.