Judge lifts house arrest for former Upstate teacher accused of grooming teen

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) – A former Anderson County teacher accused of a “prolonged and inappropriate relationship” with a teenage boy, appeared in court on Friday to request a modification of her bond conditions.

In court, a judge lifted Nicole Ballew Callaham’s house arrest but ordered that she continue wearing a GPS monitor. Red zones will be in place so that she cannot go to places where the victim frequently goes.

Officials said Callaham was a teacher at Homeland Park Primary in 2021 when she began grooming the boy, which they said continued for at least two years. She turned herself in on July 10, 2025.

Arrest warrants from the Greenville Police Department and the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office stated Callaham allegedly provided the teen with marijuana, nicotine and alcohol and engaged in sexual intercourse at a Greenville hotel and in a downtown Greenville parking garage…

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