CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. —(WPXI)- A local middle school teacher is facing charges as police say she had inappropriate contact with a student. Connellsville Area School District middle school teacher Ashley Autumn Mongell, 30, is charged with unlawful contact with a minor, sexual abuse of children and corruption of minors. Fayette County District Attorney District Attorney Mike Aubele announced the charges on Friday. According to court documents, police began the investigation last Thursday after receiving a Cyber Tip about messages being sent between Mongell and a teen boy. Police said they found messages sent on Instagram that were sexually suggestive. The Attorney General issued a subpoena and police obtained information about the teen, who was 14. The boy told police both he and Mongell had sent nude photographs over Snapchat .When police interviewed Mongell on Friday, they say she admitted to using the account found in the conversations, communicating with the boy she knew to be underage and said that he was in her class last year, court documents say. Police said she also admitted that she sent the boy a fully nude photo. Investigators said that photo was found on the teen’s device. DA Aubele said Mongell could face up to 7 years in prison for the felony “Unlawful Contact with a Minor” charge.