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Jul 27 2007

Joel Whitmore Arrested

Posted by: Webmaster in High Schools, Louisiana, ME-IS-UNKNOWN, Math

Joel Whitmore, 40, a math teacher at Lafayette High School, in Lafayette, Louisiana has been arrested on allegations of obscenity and multiple counts of indecent behavior with a juvenile.

Joel Whitmore

Whitmore has been charged with six counts of indecent behavior, four counts of computer-aided solicitation for sexual purposes and one count of obscenity.

Whitmore’s arrest is the result of an internet sting conducted by the Bossier Parish Internet Task Force.

Whitmore is being held on bond of $165,000 will be suspended with pay by the school system pending the investigation and school board action.

Whitmore has worked at the school since 2004 and taught upper-level math courses in probability and statistics, including honors classes.

According to a report by The Daily Advertiser, a “Free Joel Whitmore” group has been started on the social networking site facebook.com in support of Joel Whitmore and contains comments in defense of Whitmore by students.

References:

Educator jailed on sex counts (7/28/07)

Lafayette High math teacher arrested in Internet sting (7/27/07)

Lafayette HIgh teacher arrested for obscenity

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