"We appreciate the dedication Carroll County Schools has for the safety of their students as we were contacted immediately following the allegations and we will continue to work closely with them during the remainder of the investigation," the sheriff's office said in a statement. Police Statement (Carroll County Sheriff's Office/Facebook)
Carroll County spokeswoman Ashley Hulsey told Fox 5 in an interview that "it appeared [Ressler] was masturbating while the classroom was full of kids." Hulsey explained that investigators were able to obtain video evidence as Ressler "videoed it herself and disseminated it." She said authorities are in the weeks-long process of conducting interviews with the 19 children who were present in the classroom during the alleged incident. Additional charges could be added based on those interviews, according to Hulsey.