Las Vegas Teacher Arrested for Open or Gross Lewdness
A teacher at Las Vegas Academy has recently been arrested for alleged inappropriate behavior with a student. Reports are that the incident happened one time and on school property, but police are looking to see if there could have been other victims. Lieutenant John Bradshaw from Metro's Sexual Assault Detail gave the following advice to parents of students there: “[S]it down and speak with your children and see if they had Mr. Hoffman as a teacher, and be inquisitive about if anything happened inappropriate with them, and if they did, notify the sexual assault detail as soon as possible.
The teacher was charged with coercion and three counts of breaking Nevada open or gross lewdness law. A first offense for breaking Nevada open or gross lewdness law is a gross misdemeanor, carrying up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine. Subsequent offenses for breaking Nevada open or gross lewdness law are category D felonies, carrying one to four years in jail and maybe a $5,000 fine.
Some police unfairly use open or gross lewdness laws to bust gay men for cruising in public. Law enforcement may set up undercover sting operations in public restrooms and parks, using decoy officers to pretend to be gay men flirting with otherwise innocent gay men. Then they’ll arrest them.
Read the KTNV story at http://www.ktnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11683263.
