(9/27/07 – Initial BBT Report)
Jerry L. Angus, 52, a former health sciences and medical therapy teacher and softball coach at Spring Hill High School, in Columbia, Tennessee has been indicted by a Davidson County grand jury on 17 counts of sex offenses ranging from rape to sexual battery.
Reportedly the charges stem from an incident on April 2 at the Opryland Hotel.
In May of this year, Angus was charged with five counts of sexual battery by an authority figure in a case alleging a student victim.
Angus was subsequently indicted by a Maury County grand jury.
1/16/08 – Not Guilty In Maury County
On Monday a Maury County jury found Jerry Angus NOT GUILTY of the sexual battery of a 15-year-old female student.
Angus faces one more trial in Maury County and additional charges in Davidson County.
08/26/08 – Guilty
After 3 days of deliberations, a jury has found Jerry Angus guilty on charges of misconduct, sexual battery by an authority figure and statutory rape. Angus was found not guilty of one count of sexual battery by an authority figure and one count of rape.
The incidents for which Angus was found guilty occurred at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee last year.
Sentencing is set for October 3rd.
10/07/08 – Sentencing Delayed
The sentencing of Jerry Angus has been delayed until October 24th.
04/22/09 – Judge Overturns Guilty Verdict
A judge has overturned the guilty verdict handed down by a jury last August in the trial of Jerry Angus.
Judge Mark Fishburn has vacated the guilty verdicts against Angus on the basis that juror bullying occurred and that one or more jurors were bullied into changing their not guilty vote to guilty.
The defense attorney, prosecutor, and Judge Fishburn will be back in court on Thursday for a status conference, at which time the defense attorney expects the judge to order Angus’ name removed from the Tennessee Sex Offenders registry.
Prosecutors could drop the case or decide to go to trial once again.
06/25/09 – Most Charges Dismissed, Two Convictions Remain
According to Jerry Angus attorney, Nashville Circuit Court Judge Mark Fishburn agreed to dismiss a majority of the charges after the assistant district attorney agreed not to pursue the case.
Defense attorney John Colley says that he is in the process of appealing the two remaining convictions for which Angus is serving a seven-year probation sentence and has to register as a sex offender.
References:
Angus retrial dropped (06/25/09)
Jury Problems Cause Judge To Overturn Guilty Verdict (04/21/09)
Angus sentencing hearing delayed (10/07/08)
Former SH teacher found guilty in student sex case (08/26/08)
Teacher Guilty Of Sex With Student (08/26/08)
Former Teacher Found Not Guilty In Sex Abuse Case (1/16/08)
Ex-Teacher Not Guilty In Sex Abuse Case (1/16/08)
Former Teacher, Coach Faces Additional Child Sex Charges (9/27/07)
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Dear Brittany: Look around at your school and among your peers and you will see the bad-bad teachers of the future. You’ll find bad-bad doctors, bad-bad parents, bad-bad clergymen, bad-bad policemen/women, and even a few bad-bad students. We live in a bad-bad world. Bad-bad people are all around us.
This man has become a black Angus, and that’s no bull.
Did this man graduate from Murray State University in KY?
There is no way he is guilty. I have known this man for eleven years. He was my basketball coach and later I helped him coach a team. He coached girls sports for over twenty years and before this had never had charges against him. One of the girls who filed charges even admitted to making it up.
why are they considered badbad teacher….
Because the vast majority of them are…