Nebraska teacher, 45, caught naked in car with teen is married to a Harvard-educated government official

Erin Ward, 45, was allegedly caught naked in a car with a teenage student early Saturday.

An Omaha Public Schools substitute teacher in the Omaha has been charged with sexual abuse by a school employee after she reportedly was found in the backseat of her vehicle with a nude 17-year-old student.

Erin Ward, 45, a substitute at Burke High School, reportedly admitted to deputies with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office that she was having sex with the student when she was caught. she was arrested and booked into the county jail.

deputies were called just before 3 a.m. Saturday about a suspicious vehicle parked on a dead-end road. When deputies arrived, they spotted Ward and the student in the back of her Honda Pilot.

The student jumped into the driver’s seat of the vehicle and drove off, but crashed in the front yard of a residence about two blocks away. He then jumped out of the vehicle with no clothes on and ran. The teen was found about an hour later in a nearby neighborhood wearing a T-shirt, underwear and socks.

Erin Ward allegedly confessed to having sex with the teen and was charged with felony sexual abuse by a school employee.

Ward was still in the back of the vehicle when it crashed and was putting her clothes back on when deputies approached. The car is owned by Ward and her husband, reports say.

The school district released a statement saying Ward will not be allowed to return to work.

Erin Ward, 45, allegedly confessed to having sex with the 17-year-old boy — a student at Burke High School where she worked — in the back of the car and was charged with felony sexual abuse by a school employee.

Burke High School in Omaha, Nebraska.

By sleeping with the teen, Ward is also accused of cheating on her husband, a director at the US Department of Defense — with whom she shares three kids, according to social media posts shared by the Gretna couple.

Doug Ward has spent nearly two decades with the US Strategic Command, one of the unified combatant commands within the Defense Department, headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, according to his LinkedIn page.

The command detects and deters attacks against the US and its allies.

Erin Ward's husband, Doug Ward, is deputy director of the commander's action group, a part of the US Defense Department.

Doug Ward began his career as deputy branch chief in 2005 and was promoted to deputy director of the commander’s action group in February, his profile states.

Doug Ward also has a long educational history with degrees from the University of Illinois, Bellevue University, and Harvard Extension School.

He is currently completing his doctorate in defense and strategic studies at Missouri State University, according to LinkedIn.