A Pauls Valley teacher was arrested after he was accused of assaulting students both at school and at his home, police say.

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A Pauls Valley history teacher was released on bond Monday after spending the weekend in jail.Rocky Walker is facing two counts of child abuse after two of his students reported being slapped by him during separate incidents.The first student, a 15-year-old boy, said he was working at the 57-year old’s home helping him paint when his teacher began choking and hitting him. He hit him in the back with his palm several times according to the report.“He also put him up against the wall and hit him in the face, telling him not to flinch, not to show pain, if he flinched he would hit him again harder,” said the report.Walker then asked that the incident remain between the two of them, the student said. Walker then took the boy to a restaurant and drove by a his ex-wife’s home before dropping him off at a friend’s house.The student said Walker had also hit him throughout the school year, but the student didn’t say anything because he thought Walker was only playing around. This time, however, the student was taken to the hospital with bruises and welts on his back.Hours after the first report was taken, police say a second student accused Walker of the same thing. The 16-year-old student showed up claiming Walker had assaulted him at Pauls Valley Junior High.The student said he got in trouble for some minor misbehaving with another teacher and Walker found out about it.The report says Walker sent him to his classroom during lunch, where Walker open-handed slapped him on the back, “as hard as he could,” and telling him why he was slapping him each time. He slapped him up to eight times before stopping and asking him not to tell anyone about it, and even prayed with him.Online records show Walker was a pastor at a local church. Court records his 35-year marriage recently ended in divorce.Pauls Valley Assistant Police Chief Derrick Jolley said it’s shocking to hear the allegations against Walker, a well-known individual in the community.“He’s going through a rough time, but I don’t know what could have triggered that,” he said. “Emotions get to running, but whatever it was, it doesn’t justify leaving marks on kids.”Police said Walker was on a two-year probation sentence for a misdemeanor assault case out of Branson, Missouri, in 2013. KOCO 5 has requested the report on that case.Police are asking any other students who may have had similar incidents with Walker to call police.During his arraignment, Walker's attorney entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. Several of Walkers supporters showed up to the arraignment. Superintendent Mike Martin was also there.His bond was set at $10,000 for each count, and he is prevented from having contact with the victims and anyone under the age of 18 that is not his family.Walker's next court appearance will be June 10.