School: Newark High School

County & State: Licking County, Ohio

Name of Teacher / Perpetrator: Jacob M. Burns

Age of Teacher: 26

Month/Year of Arrest: March 2015

Month/Year of Sentencing: August 2015

News Source: Dispatch.com

Jacob M. Burns, 26, a teacher at Newark High School, was indicted by a Licking County grand jury on felony counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented materials and disseminating materials harmful to a juvenile. According to a police report, the administrator of Burns’ school contacted police after an internal investigation determined Burns had been texting and messaging via the social networking app “snapchat” with a student multiple times a day and sometimes in the middle of the night. The student/victim had deleted the texts and disguised Burns’ name in her cell phone. Burns was suspended from his teaching job on March 3^rd and resigned on March 26^th. On August 11^th, he pleaded guilty to exchanging nude images with an underage female student. He was sentenced to 20 days in jail, three years of community control, and a fine of $500 for the fifth-degree felony. Burns will not be required to register as a sexual offender.