TEACHER CHARGED Jackson Teacher Charged With Soliciting Minor Not Teaching In County Now
Reported by: Elizabeth Noreika
Web Producer: Jeff Morris
Reported: Jan. 2, 2013 6:06 PM EST
Updated: Jan. 4, 2013 9:07 AM EST
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Ripley
, Jackson County
, West Virginia
A Jackson County teacher who was arrested and charged with soliciting a minor earlier this week is not teaching anywhere in the county, School Superintendent Blaine Hess told Eyewitness News.
Dustin Mullins, 22, had been assigned to substitute teach at Henry J. Kaiser Elementary School.
Hess said school officials take these matters very seriously and will continue to review the allegations to make a decision on Mullins' future employment.
Mullins is accused of trying to solicit nude pictures from a 15-year-old girl he met while student teaching in Wood County.
A Jackson County teacher has been arrested for allegedly trying to get a 15-year-old girl to send him nude pictures of herself via Facebook.
Dustin Mullins, 22, is charged with solicitation of a minor via computer, use of obscene matter with intent to seduce a minor and two counts of attempt to commit a felony, Jackson County Sheriff Tony Boggs said.
He was a student teacher in Wood County. That’s where the girl is from. He was a teacher at Henry J. Kaiser Elementary School.
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Elizabeth Noreika
