Former High School Drama Teacher Accepts Sex Crime Plea
On Tuesday, Bill Beeson, a former drama teacher from Virginia City High School, accepted a plea of guilty to solicitation of a minor to engage in acts constituting a crime against nature (NRS 201.195). In addition, he will register as a sex offender.
NRS 201.195 is a gross misdemeanor, so Beeson faces a $2,000 fine and up to one year in jail. He’s scheduled for sentencing on October 16 in Storey County Court.
In the spring of 2007, a student accused Beeson of inappropriately touching him, at which point he was placed on administrative leave. Meanwhile, other former students accused Beeson of sexual assault in Nevada, and Beeson was eventually arrested. In October 2008, Beeson pled to felony sexual assault in Nevada and gross misdemeanor unlawful contact with a child for the 2007 incident. The reason for this week’s plea was to stop prosecutors from charging Beeson with crimes stemming from other former students’ accusations.
