Ohio Choir Teacher Resigns After Police Say He Arranged to Meet Someone He Believed Was a 15-Year-Old

An Ohio school district has accepted the resignation of a middle and high school choir teacher who was arrested after police said he went to meet a person he believed to be a 15-year-old boy, Local 12 (WKRC) reported on Oct. 13. The 33-year-old taught for Bellefontaine City Schools, according to the station.

Bellefontaine police responded to a Love's Travel Stop after receiving a report that a man was trying to meet a juvenile there, Local 12 reported. Investigators said the teacher had been communicating through a dating app with someone he believed was 15 and had arranged the meeting, according to the station, and he was arrested at the scene.

Local 12 reported that the Logan County Prosecutor's Office subsequently filed a charge of attempted sexual conduct. The teacher is not named here under this site's policy; the charge is an allegation that has not been resolved in court.