05/29/2026
🚨PATILLO MIDDLE TEACHER ARRESTED🚨
The Edgecombe County Sheriff’s office received a report involving a staff member at W. A. Pattillo Middle School in Tarboro. The crime did not occur on school property.
Detectives responded and began gathering information. It was found that Fantasia Bridgers, a teacher at Pattillo, had been renting a hotel room with her information and had 4 unsupervised juveniles living in the room.
She got a motel room for the four children and left them there with no supervision. No parents, no adults, just letting the children live there by themselves.
A report was made to Edgecombe County Department of Social Services and Edgecombe County Public Schools.
Administration at W. A. Pattillo and Edgecombe County Public Schools cooperated fully with and assisted in our investigation. We are grateful for their partnership.
Detectives charged Fantasia Bridgers with 4 counts of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor and 1 count of Failure to Report Abuse or Neglect.
She was given a $5000 unsecured bond.