Photo: Portage County Sheriff’s OfficeAn Ohio school superintendent is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old male student and attempting to have sex with another male teenage student multiple times, according to multiple reports.Windham Exempted Village Schools Superintendent Laura Amero, 35, has been charged with two counts of sexual battery, two counts of attempted sexual battery and one count of witness intimidation, according toWKBN, theAkron Beacon JournalandWCMH. On Monday, she pleaded not guilty to the charges.The indictment against Amero alleges she had sex with the 16-year-old boy in 2017 and tried to have sex with the other boy between 2015 and 2017, when he was 16 and 17.At the time of the alleged incidents, Amero was principal of Windham Junior/Senior High School, according to the paper. She allegedly intimidated an unspecified witness in March, according to WCMH.• Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Clickhereto get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.In early April, Amero was placed on paid administrative leave, according to theBeacon Journal.She is now suspended without pay.The district said in a statement to the paper that board members and administrators learned of Amero’s indictment Monday morning.One parent of a student at the school told WFMJshe learned of the allegations from her son, not the school.“I just feel like that was something that we should have been notified about immediately,” Dominique Hardwick said. “It needs to be addressed to make sure there aren’t any other victims.”Amero became superintendent in February, WFMJ reports.Attorney information for her was not available Thursday. The school district could not be reached for comment.Amero is being held on a $350,000 cash bond, according to theBeacon Journal.
Photo: Portage County Sheriff’s Office
An Ohio school superintendent is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old male student and attempting to have sex with another male teenage student multiple times, according to multiple reports.Windham Exempted Village Schools Superintendent Laura Amero, 35, has been charged with two counts of sexual battery, two counts of attempted sexual battery and one count of witness intimidation, according toWKBN, theAkron Beacon JournalandWCMH. On Monday, she pleaded not guilty to the charges.The indictment against Amero alleges she had sex with the 16-year-old boy in 2017 and tried to have sex with the other boy between 2015 and 2017, when he was 16 and 17.At the time of the alleged incidents, Amero was principal of Windham Junior/Senior High School, according to the paper. She allegedly intimidated an unspecified witness in March, according to WCMH.• Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Clickhereto get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.In early April, Amero was placed on paid administrative leave, according to theBeacon Journal.She is now suspended without pay.The district said in a statement to the paper that board members and administrators learned of Amero’s indictment Monday morning.One parent of a student at the school told WFMJshe learned of the allegations from her son, not the school.“I just feel like that was something that we should have been notified about immediately,” Dominique Hardwick said. “It needs to be addressed to make sure there aren’t any other victims.”Amero became superintendent in February, WFMJ reports.Attorney information for her was not available Thursday. The school district could not be reached for comment.Amero is being held on a $350,000 cash bond, according to theBeacon Journal.
An Ohio school superintendent is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old male student and attempting to have sex with another male teenage student multiple times, according to multiple reports.
Windham Exempted Village Schools Superintendent Laura Amero, 35, has been charged with two counts of sexual battery, two counts of attempted sexual battery and one count of witness intimidation, according toWKBN, theAkron Beacon JournalandWCMH. On Monday, she pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The indictment against Amero alleges she had sex with the 16-year-old boy in 2017 and tried to have sex with the other boy between 2015 and 2017, when he was 16 and 17.
At the time of the alleged incidents, Amero was principal of Windham Junior/Senior High School, according to the paper. She allegedly intimidated an unspecified witness in March, according to WCMH.
• Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Clickhereto get breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases in the True Crime Newsletter.
In early April, Amero was placed on paid administrative leave, according to theBeacon Journal.She is now suspended without pay.
The district said in a statement to the paper that board members and administrators learned of Amero’s indictment Monday morning.
One parent of a student at the school told WFMJshe learned of the allegations from her son, not the school.
“I just feel like that was something that we should have been notified about immediately,” Dominique Hardwick said. “It needs to be addressed to make sure there aren’t any other victims.”
Amero became superintendent in February, WFMJ reports.
Attorney information for her was not available Thursday. The school district could not be reached for comment.
Amero is being held on a $350,000 cash bond, according to theBeacon Journal.
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