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Former teacher accused of sexually assaulting teenage student Greg Deffenbaugh
A former Indiana County teacher has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a former student.
Patrick J. McKee, 60, was charged Thursday, after detectives say he sexually assaulted a 13-year-old while employed for the Indiana Area School District.
According to police, McKee met the victim at a youth sports function. Over the course of several months, McKee began to groom the child and invited them back to his home. That’s when the victim says McKee would sexually assault them.
The victim is now an adult.
The initial complaint was filed with the Indiana Area School District, who alerted police.
FORMER INDIANA AREA ELEMENTARY TEACHER CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT OF CHILD By Todd Marino
Jan 15, 2021 4:12 AM
A former elementary school teacher in the Indiana Area School District has been charged with sexually assaulting a child more than a decade ago, when the victim was 13 years old.
60-year-old Patrick J. McKee is charged with felony statutory sexual assault and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person less than 16 years of age, and with misdemeanor corruption of minors.
Indiana Borough Police say the victim, who is now an adult, reported the complaint to the school district several months ago, and the district immediately notified police and cooperated completely with the investigation. McKee is accused of meeting the victim at a youth sports function and over the course of several months in 2009, grooming the victim, including multiple visits to his home. The victim says the assaults took place over a period of several month.
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A former Indiana Area School District teacher was arrested Thursday on charges he sexually assaulted a teenager on multiple occasions beginning in 2009.
Indiana Borough Police Chief Justin Schawl said officers, working with the district attorney’s office, filed charges of corruption of minors, indecent assault on a person under 16 years old and statutory sexual assault against Patrick J. McKee, 60, of Indiana.
McKee, who retired as an elementary teacher in June, was ordered held in the county jail after failing to post $150,000 bond pending a preliminary hearing Jan. 21.
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