Bad Bad Teacher

(10/08/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)

Gerald Koch, 49, former girls’ soccer coach at Blue Ridge High School in New Milford, Pennsylvania has reportedly been arrested on federal charges of persuading a minor to cross a state line to have sex and tampering with a witness or victim.

Koch appeared before a federal magistrate on Wednesday and was ordered held in the Broome County Jail for a bail hearing set for Friday in federal court in Binghamton, New York.

It is alleged that Koch, who lives in Brackney, Pennsylvania and who worked in Binghamton, New York sent hundreds of sexually explicit text messages to a 16-year-old girl that he coached and with whom he allegedly had a sexual relationship.

It is further alleged that Koch set up secret meetings to have sex with the girl, including at least once in a school building between soccer games.

Koch came to the attention of school officials in January when the girl’s father became suspicious and confiscated his daughter’s cell phone and allegedly discovered late night calls between his daughter and Koch.

In February, the girl’s father against confiscated and examined her cell phone and also one Koch alleged provided her. The girl’s father reportedly then turned the cell phones over to police.

Reportedly, investigators have since downloaded hundreds of sexually explicit text messages between the two with the texts filling more than 50 pages of court documents and providing details of the alleged sexual relationship and efforts on the part of Koch to get the girl to lie to cover it up.

10/09/09 – Federal Grand Jury Indictment

One day after his arrest, a federal grand jury in Binghamton, New York on Thursday indicted Gerald Koch on four separate counts including the following:

Persuading, inducing and enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity.

Transporting a minor in interstate commerce to engage in sexual activity.

Travel in interstate commerce with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.

Tampering with a witness/victim.

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