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Ohio Teacher Allegedly Tried to Arrange Sex with 14-Year-Old Girl — But Was Talking to Undercover Agent

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A wedded Ohio secondary teacher has to deal with government kid porn penalties after he was blamed for attempting to get together with a 14-year-old young lady for sex. However he purportedly thought he was speaking with the young lady’s mom on an informing application, he was rather conversing with a spy, as indicated by court reports got by Individuals.

Examiners followed Kevin Hedrick, 37, of New Franklin, on the application Kik, where he supposedly utilized the moniker Mike Smith. As per a FBI sworn statement on the side of a criminal objection, Hedrick thought he was speaking with the 28-year-old mother of two underage young ladies, yet he was really talking with a U.S. Secret Assistance specialist.

Hedrick, a social studies educator at Medina Secondary School, has been charged in Cleveland government court with two counts of kid porn: receipt of visual portrayals of minors participated in physically unequivocal direct and captivating or pressuring a minor to participate in prostitution or any criminal sexual movement.

He’s additionally blamed for utilizing the school region’s internet providers to get to his Kik account, as indicated by court reports, where specialists supposedly found many pictures of youngster erotic entertainment portraying kids between the ages of 7 and 13.

Last October, Hendrik purportedly started informing with the covert Mystery Administration specialist in a Kik discussion board named “Ohio Modesty Key Holders,” as per the sworn statement.

There, he supposedly answered a discussion channel post from the spy, who was acting like a mother of two girls, matured 5 and 14.

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When the “mother” inquired as to whether he might want to engage in sexual relations with her and her high school little girl, Hedrick purportedly answered in the confirmed. He additionally supposedly told the specialist he’d never laid down with somebody underage, however had associations with two understudies after they completed secondary school, the affirmation charges.

In October, Hedrick organized to meet the specialist in a lodging, however he didn’t appear. When later interrogated regarding the Kik messages, Hedrick purportedly said he had “fantasized about having sexual relations with the lady and her 14-year-old girl, however qualified the talks as just engaging dreams,” the sworn statement says.

Hedrick was placed on paid leave from the school locale on Oct. 24. In an email to guardians, Medina City Schools Director Aaron Sable stated, “We comprehend charges of this nature are upsetting particularly in a school climate including a teacher,” the Akron Signal Diary reports.

“We are grateful for the perseverance and coordinated effort of the FBI, nearby police and region organization to guarantee our understudies and staff stay protected from hunters.”

In any case, Hedrick’s attorney, Donald J. Malarcik Jr., let Individuals know that Hedrick has surrendered as of January 6, and will “at absolutely no point ever show in the future.”

Hedrick is presently being held in a government detainment office in Youngstown, Ohio, his legal counselor says. He has a detainment hearing planned in government court on January 13.