(02/19/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Gregory Gene Ritter, 44, a teacher and track and field coach at East Hills Middle School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania has been arrested and charged on allegations that he sexually abused a 14-year-old boy.
Ritter is reportedly charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors, indecent assault, criminal attempt to commit unlawful contact with a minor and criminal use of a communication facility.
It is alleged that Ritter met the alleged victim at a Boy Scout camp where Ritter served as first-aid supervisor.
It is further alleged that Ritter watched pornographic videos with the the boy and had sexual contact with him at Ritter’s home. Police also say that Ritter later sent text messages to the boy in which he made references to the encounter.
Ritter was arrested this morning at his home, was arraigned on the charges and was being held in the Pike County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bail.
A preliminary hearing is set for next Tuesday.
Ritter has reportedly been suspended by the school system.
03/03/09 – Preliminary Hearing
A preliminary hearing was held today for Gregory Ritter at which a 14-year-old boy testified that he and Ritter engaged in lewd acts in October when the boy stayed at Ritter’s home. The boy told that court that Ritter showed him photos of shirtless teens that Ritter had taken. The boy also said that Ritter showed him graphic images of Russian boys and that they then performed sex acts on each other.
The boy further testified that over Thanksgiving weekend in November, Ritter showed the boy pornographic videos while they were lying on the couch, the boy testified. He said Ritter sucked on the boy’s toes, they touched each other, and Ritter performed oral sex on the boy.
District Judge Jay R. Rose rule that there is sufficient evidence against Ritter to support charges of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors, indecent assault, attempt to commit unlawful contact with a minor and criminal use of a communication facility.
Ritter remains free on $100,000 bail and is pending arraignment in Pike County Court.
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August 3rd, 2009 at 11:58 am
really he was a great guy.
and people you didnt n]know mr.ritter like we did.
monagacci this year was so great when ritter was there.
but when he left we all just were regular students.
mr.ritter brought the best out of us.
really mr.ritter you were my favorite teacher.
with a really bad mistake.
i still dont know why you would do that.
you had a great life.
well guess this is it.
bye mr.ritter. from: monagacci student in 09. <33333
March 8th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
wow way too much information in the story LOL
March 5th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
You know being abused is one thing but when it is a homosexual thing there needs to extra charges. This victim is going to have a long road to over come this.
March 3rd, 2009 at 2:49 pm
He sucked on the kids toes? What a freak!
February 21st, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Although i dont approve of what he did and what happened, I know Mr. Ritter is good at heart and just made a dumb mistake. he is the greatest teacher I’ve ever had and he is completely and utterly my hero, and that will never change, no matter what he’s done. Thats the impact Ritter had on my life. He’s a genius. His judgement just failed him, i believe. Ritter is a hero to hundreds and hundreds of Monagacci students, and i believe that his impact on their lives wont change their views on him. He’ll always be good in our eyes.
February 21st, 2009 at 10:02 am
hes not a bad bad teacher
he was my role model,
and i will never forget him as he was to me.
this comes as a shock to most of us
but really, ritter is a nice guy <3