Berea man charged for groping 16-year-old step-daughter on camera during virtual school

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A Berea man was charged final week after being caught on digital camera groping his 16-year-old step-daughter throughout a digital college class.

The incident occurred Sept. 28 and was seen by the woman’s instructor and 39 classmates, police mentioned.

The teenager’s stepfather, David Lowe, a registered intercourse offender, was charged with sexual imposition on Sept. 29, in accordance with courtroom dockets. He pleaded not responsible to these costs and posted a $50,000 bond.

“The Ohio Digital Academy reported to our division {that a} feminine highschool pupil was attending class on-line at her residence in Berea when a male recognized as her stepfather got here up behind her carrying solely his underwear and rubbed his crotch in opposition to the again of her head,” Lt. Tom Walker with the Berea Police Division mentioned.

Walker mentioned the fast-acting by the teenager’s instructor helped police arrest Lowe and, extra importantly, get the teenager assist.

“The instructor seeing this obscene habits reached out to our division and figuring out that the scholar was attending on-line right here at her residence in Berea and made us conscious of what she had seen,” Walker mentioned.

Police have continued to advise dad and mom to all the time concentrate on what their little one may see on-line, even within the classroom.

“See one thing, say one thing,” Lt. Walker mentioned. “As regulation enforcement officers, it’s our job to guard the youngsters in our group and we wish to pay attention to any obscene behaviors that happen like this.”

The Ohio Digital Academy advised 19 Information in an announcement it’s providing sources to college students following this incident.

“Ohio Digital Academy is conscious of the unlucky incident final week and instantly reached out to the dad and mom and the suitable authorities,” Kristin Stewart, the pinnacle of the varsity, mentioned. “As a rule, OHVA all the time presents college students entry to licensed college counselors and the provision of out of doors medical employees by way of our partnership with Syntero for any additional psychological well being helps wanted by college students.”

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