Pennsylvania principal faces 30 felony sex charges for relationship with student

A Pennsylvania highschool principal was arrested and charged with greater than 30 felony intercourse prices for an inappropriate sexual relationship he had with a male pupil over a seven-year interval.

Roger Weaver Freed, 34, was charged Tuesday with 30 counts of indecent sexual contact with a pupil, one depend of sexual assault, one depend of aggravated indecent assault, one depend of corruption of a minor and three misdemeanor counts of furnishing alcohol to a minor, in accordance with courtroom data.

Police stated Freed started a relationship with the coed, who’s now college-aged, in 2015 when the boy was in center faculty. The connection turned sexual two years later and continued after the coed graduated highschool up till a number of months in the past — when it resulted in April, in accordance with an affidavit.

The scholar instructed investigators that he first grew near Freed after the demise of a member of the family. He started to lean on the educator for emotional help and stated “he trusted Free ‘like an older brother’,” the doc states.

Their relationship quickly grew to time outdoors of college, with Freed volunteering to provide the coed rides to varied places so they might have “one-on-one conversations.”

The scholar stated he thought of the educator and himself to be “bros” and stated they might discuss something, together with his sexuality. They routinely texted, known as and FaceTimed each other, police stated.

In 2017, Freed and the coed’s relationship grew to become sexual and the principal requested the boy to vow to not inform anybody, stressing that he might lose his job.

The scholar stated he felt “overwhelming guilt” after the primary sexual encounter, in accordance with the affidavit.

The pair continued to interact in sexual exercise 4 to 5 instances per week all through the coed’s subsequent two years of highschool. The scholar instructed police their relationship continued as he graduated highschool and entered school.

Freed was arraigned Tuesday and launched on supervision after making $175,000 bail. He’s required to put on an ankle monitor always and is prohibited from having any contact with minors or the sufferer.

Freed, who’s employed as a principal at Williamsport Space Excessive College, has been suspended with pay by the college board, in accordance with PennLive.