Alabama high school special ed teacher Lyndsey Sherrod Bates, 22, turned herself into police on Friday for allegedly having sex with a student

An Alabama high school teacher, who is also the daughter-in-law of the county's chief deputy, has been arrested for allegedly having sex with one of her students.

Lyndsey Sherrod Bates, 22, was a special education teacher at Madison High School in Madison County.

She was arrested and booked into Madison County jail on Friday, charged with engaging in a sex act with a student younger than 19.

Bates is also charged with several misdemeanors including three counts of distributing obscene material to a student and one count of having sexual contact with a student, as per Madison County jail records.

She turned herself into the jail around 4.30pm Friday and her bail has been set at $32,000, according to AL.com.

Bates was arrested and booked into Madison County jail on Friday, charged with engaging in a sex act with a student younger than 19

In May 2018 she married Drew Bates, a law enforcement officer who is also the son of Madison County Sheriff's deputy Stacy Bates. Lyndsey and Drew pictured together above

She is married to Drew Bates, the son of Madison County sheriff's office chief deputy Stacy Bates, and the office is investigating her case.

'The Sheriff’s Office started an investigation as soon as the allegations were brought to our attention, and Chief Bates was never involved in that investigation,' Madison County Sheriff Kevin Turner in a statement.

The Madison County sheriff's office released a statement saying her relationship to the Stacy Bates (above) will not interfere with the investigation process

The office clarified that Lyndsey's relationship to Stacy Bates 'in no way has affected the investigative process or urgency leading to today’s arrest, nor to the future criminal justice proceedings'.

'Because the victim(s) in these charges are juveniles no specific details of the investigation are being released at this time,' office spokesman Donny Shaw said in a statement.

Bates had started working at Madison County High at the beginning of this school year and has resigned in light of the allegations.

At the school she worked as a special education teacher and coached junior varsity and varsity volleyball, according to Heavy.

Lyndsey and husband Drew pictured above in their wedding video. Drew also works in law enforcement and the two tied in the knot in May 2018

Bates started working at Madison County High School in Alabama in the 2018/2019 school year where she taught special education and was a volleyball coach. She has resigned

'We are fully cooperating with law enforcement. Our system fully condemns such actions and we are also offering counseling for our students,' Madison County Superintendent Matt Massey said in a statement.

Bates married Drew Bates on March 10, 2018, in Athens, Alabama. Drew also works in law enforcement, following in his father's steps.

Stacy Bates has been the chief deputy of the county since January 2019 and formerly was a cop at the Athens Police Department and a lieutenant with Huntsville Police Department.

A 2016 Washington Post report noted that there's been an increase in sexual predators in schools.

A Reuters report said that in 2014 almost 800 school employees were prosecuted for sexual assault in U.S. schools and nearly a third of them were women.