The investigation began in March when Troop 2 Youth Aide detectives were contacted by the administration of the Delaware Academy of Public Safety and Security, 801 North Dupont Highway. School officials advised detectives that there were allegations that a teacher, Jerry Shorts, 27, of Wilmington, had a sexual relationship with one of his students.
Detectives initiated a lengthy investigation into the allegations, conducting numerous interviews and examining physical evidence. It was determined that Shorts and the student had four sexual encounters since October 2013.
Shorts was arrested at his residence on May 2. He was charged with four counts of sexual abuse of a child by a person of trust first degree, and one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child. He was committed to Howard R. Young Correctional Institute on $125,000 secured bail.
All inquiries about the defendant's employment status should be directed to the school.
What a shame. Couldn't the idiot wait until she got out of high school. Dirt Bag!
ReplyDeleteOn the flip side I am sure the student knew what she was doing and I am sure this wasn't her first rodeo.
i bet she was hot ...
ReplyDeleteJust like the young Civil Air Patrol cadets that got molested by their leader in 2002. The leader is supposed to understand how to deflect their sexual advances, not encourage them, and then partake of their favors!
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame. In less than a year it wouldn't have made a difference.
ReplyDeleteHis career is gone, she, as a minor (yeah, right, I'm sure she looked 17), walks.
your right on the money 1:35pm...you have to maintain professionalism at all cost...
ReplyDeleteThose young Civil Air cadets were under, (no pun intended), under the supervision of a very sick individual, he has been arrested before for exposing himself at a mall in Delaware.(charges were dropped), but maybe there should be an mental examination before Men are allowed to teach or be in charge of young teen girls.
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