Derrick LePard is seen at his home in Bremen in April 2009.

A former Cullman County school teacher, who pleaded guilty in 2010 to a misdemeanor crime involving a local student, is under investigation in Lake Providence, Louisiana, under a different name.

KNOE 8 News reported Derrick Arrington, also known as Derrick LePard, came under scrutiny after he was in a wreck and investigators discovered information about the legal issue he had as a teacher at Cold Springs High School.

Known by the name Arrington in Louisiana, LePard had been teaching in Lake Providence and Tallulah, Louisiana, according to the news report. The principal of Briarfield Academy sent parents an email stating there was an ongoing investigation concerning Arrington. He was employed at the academy at the time of his wreck.

In 2006, LePard started teaching at Cold Springs High School, but in 2009, he was arrested on pornography and extortion charges.

The Cullman Times reported that LePard attempted to extort a male student into exchanging sexual photos of himself for better grades. The 17-year-old male student testified that LePard asked him to “be creative” and take pictures of himself. The pornography charges did not involve any students at Cold Springs High School.

In 2010, LePard accepted a plea deal and pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, which is a Class A misdemeanor. As a part of the plea deal, the two felony charges, extortion, and pornography were dropped.

LePard was sentenced to a 24-month unsupervised period of probation. His teaching certification in Alabama was also revoked. LePard then moved to Mississippi going by the name Derrick Arrington, where he started teaching at Greenville Christian Academy. After leaving that school, he moved to Louisiana and began teaching at Briarfield Academy, according to KNOE

There are no allegations of criminal activity involving Arrington in Louisiana, the station reported.