Odis Moreton Jr.
Posted by Webmaster in Florida, Hall of Shame, High Schools, ME-FV, Math
(12/19/08 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Odis L. Moreton Jr., 36, a former math teacher at First Coast High School in Jacksonville, Florida has been arrested on a charge of sexual battery on a 16-year-old female student.
It is alleged that on September 29, 2008 that Moreton made several explicit sexual remarks to the girl while exposing his penis and grabbing her crotch.
Reportedly the girl told investigators that as she backed out of the classroom, Moreton told her to keep quiet or he’d “be on the news.”
Moreton resigned from the school on October 1st, after school officials first learned of allegations. Moreton was in his second year at the school at the time of his resignation.
Reportedly Moreton had been arrested in 2006 on a warrant for a rape charge stemming from an incident in 1997 and school officials were aware of that arrest but since Moreton was not prosecuted in that case he was not disqualified from be hired for the job.
05/26/09 – Plea Deal and Sentencing
In a plea deal with prosecutors, Odis L. Moreton has reportedly pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse, which is a third-degree felony.
As a result of his plea, Moreton was sentenced to one year in jail to be followed by a year of probation.
Reportedly, Moreton will not have to register as a sex offender.
As part of the plea deal, prosecutors dropped sexual battery and molestation charges involving one of Moreton’s students.
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that was my favorite teacher!! i miss him