Guilty! Jon Erik Lilly, Hammond, Indiana (arrested Mar 2013)

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    Jon Erik Lilly (Cedar Lake, Indiana), 27, teacher at Morton High School, School City of Hammond, Hammond, Indiana, "accused of persuading underage female students to send him naked photos of themselves and for having an affair with a 17-year-old girl"

    Hammond Community: Morton High teacher accused of seeking, possessing inappropriate photos of students (Mar 27 2013)

    The investigation into Lilly began when a mother suspected her daughter, a Morton High School student, was sexually active with the teacher. Though the 17-year-old girl originally told investigators her relationship with Lilly was “strictly platonic,” she revealed in February a months-long sexual relationship with the teacher, according to court documents ... A Morton High School administrator said she had written up Lilly in November when she found the girl in his classroom sitting between his legs, according to the complaint.


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    Post Tribune: Hammond Morton math teacher arrested; sex with student alleged (Mar 27 2013)

    A Morton High School algebra teacher [Jon Lilly quick to help his students with their homework had a sexual relationship with at least one student and talked four other students — all underage — into texting him pictures of themselves naked, according to federal attorneys. Jon Lilly, 27, of Cedar Lake, was arrested Wednesday on preliminary charges of possessing sexually explicit pictures of a minor ... According to a probable cause affidavit unsealed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Hammond, Morton administrators started hearing rumors about Lilly and the girl and paid more attention to him in the last few months. One administrator wrote him up last fall after finding him sitting in a chair in his room and the girl sitting a few feet in front of him on the floor. Two of the girl’s friends then told school officials the girl and Lilly were having sex, which is when the school reported the issue to police.
     
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    Post Tribune: Hammond math teacher arrested; sex with student alleged (Mar 27 2013)

    ... a search of Lilly’s computer turned up hundreds of photos of naked women, including the first victim and others who police eventually learned were former students of Lilly’s. Most of the girls all told HSI that Lilly had asked them to text him photos and that they did so, saying they felt pressured but also thought it was “cool” a teacher was interested in them.
    • Jane Doe 2 told HSI that Lilly pressured her for more pictures and tried to get her to go out with him. Jane Doe 3 said that Lilly also helped her with her homework and gave her advice on personal issues before asking her for a photo. Jane Doe 4 said Lilly started following her Twitter account, which she at first thought was inappropriate until he told her he thought she was one of his “better and more interesting students.” They soon started texting, and he asked her to text him a picture. She told police she stopped after he started winking at her in school.
    • Jane Doe 6 said the two started flirting and texting during the previous school year and that she had sent him at least one image of her wearing nothing but underwear. She denied having sex with him, although another student, Jane Doe 5, reported to HSI that Jane Doe 6 had said they had and was embarrassed about it.
    • Jane Doe 5 told HSI that Lilly had also started following her on Twitter and had asked for her cell phone number. She said she stopped all after-school contact with him after this.
     
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    UK Daily Mail: High school teacher 'persuaded female students to send him naked photos and had an affair with 17-year-old girl' (Mar 28 2013)
    A former algebra high school teacher is accused of persuading underage female students to send him naked photos of themselves and for having an affair with a 17-year-old girl. Jon Erik Lilly of Cedar Lake, Indiana was arrested on Wednesday on federal charges of possessing visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. Police say the 27-year-old former teacher at Morton High School talked four underage girls into sexting with him while teaching at the school in Hammond. On his home computer investigators allegedly also found nude photos of at least 10 different girls on his home computer. At least four were determined to have been underage at the time they were taken.
     
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    CBS Local Chicago: Former Hammond Teacher Accused Of Sexting With Female Students (Mar 28 2013)

    [Jon Erik ] Lilly, a former algebra teacher at Morton High School, allegedly convinced at least four underage girls to sext with him, and send him naked or sexually explicit pictures of themselves. Court records indicate the investigation began when one girl’s mother contacted police, suspecting Lilly was having a sexual relationship with her 17-year-old daughter. The girl first denied having anything more than a platonic relationship, but later admitted she was having sex with Lilly for about four months.
     
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    Indy Channel: Feds: Ind. teacher had female students 'sext' him (Mar 28 2013)

    A former teacher at a northwest Indiana high school has been charged with persuading several underage girls to send their naked photos to him by cellphone. Jon Erik Lilly of Cedar Lake was arrested Wednesday on federal charges of possessing visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
     
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    Chicago Tribune: Ex-Indiana teacher charged with child pornography, having sex with teen (Mar 28 2013)

    The complaint alleges Lilly coerced at least 10 under-aged teens into sending him nude photos, and that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl at his Cedar Lake home. The girl's mother contacted police after she suspected her daughter was having a relationship with him, the complaint said. When police questioned the girl, she denied having sex with the teacher and told investigators Lilly offered to help with her assignments and listened to her problems. She called him "one of her best friends," the complaint states, and denied being asked or sending Lilly sexually explicit pictures ... After getting permission from the girl's mother, investigators found several inappropriate text messages and sexually explicit pictures of the girl on her phone, the court documents said. The girl then admitted sending Lilly the photos and having sex with him at his home, the complaint states.
     
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    CBS News: Former Indiana teacher persuaded female students to send him nude photos, authorities say (Mar 28 2013)

    The girl told investigators she was in Lilly's class last year and exchanged cellphone numbers with him over the summer. She said Lilly helped her with math homework and listened to her personal troubles, eventually becoming one of her best friends. Both she and Lilly said their relationship was purely platonic, but Lilly told investigators he thought the girl might have a crush on him, documents said. One of the girl's friends told investigators that the 17-year-old admitted that she and Lilly had sex, court documents show. The 17-year-old later told investigators she was having sex with Lilly at his home and texting him nude photos regularly since October 2012. According to the affidavit, the girl told investigators she seduced Lilly and was in love with him ... According to court documents, Lilly's former girlfriend told investigators that he was Facebook friends with several female middle school students when they dated.
     
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    My Fox Chicago: Hammond math teacher arrested; sex with student alleged (Mar 28 2013)

    According to a probable cause affidavit unsealed Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Hammond, Morton High School administrators started hearing rumors about [Jon Erik] Lilly and the girl and paid more attention to him in the last few months. One administrator wrote him up last fall after finding him sitting in a chair in his room and the girl sitting a few feet in front of him on the floor. Two of the girl's friends then told school officials the girl and Lilly were having sex, which is when the school reported the issue to police ... Most of the girls all told HSI that Lilly had asked them to text him photos and that they did so, saying they felt pressured but also thought it was "cool" a teacher was interested in them.
     
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    My Fox Chicago: Mom of teen who had sex with Hammond teacher: `He has ruined our life` (Mar 28 2013)

    Jon Erik Lilly, 27, of Cedar Lake, was arrested Wednesday after federal law enforcement officials discovered he had sex with the woman's daughter, identified in the probable cause affidavit as Jane Doe 1, and convinced at least four other of his students at Morton High SChool in Hammond, Ind., to text him photos of themselves in various stages of undress. The mother says she had suspected for several months that her daughter, Jane Doe 1, was having sex with someone after she discovered messages on Jane Doe 1's Twitter feed about missing someone and lying in their arms. She had no idea that person was the girl's teacher until school officials called her in on Feb. 5. "Our whole world fell apart," the mother said. Her daughter at first denied to her mother and police that she had sex with Lilly and insisted their relationship was just platonic. But after her first interview with police, Jane Doe 1 begged her mother not to press charges, her mother said. The girl, who has since turned 18, eventually confessed in therapy to having a sexual relationship with Lilly and moved out of the house after her parents moved forward with criminal charges.
     
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    NBC News: Feds: Indiana Teacher Had Female Students Sext Him (Mar 28 2013)

    Jon Erik Lilly of Cedar Lake was arrested Wednesday on federal charges of possessing visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. A probable cause and detention hearing is scheduled for Friday. Lilly allegedly talked four girls into sexting with him when he taught at Morton High School in Hammond.
     
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    WGN TV: 2 Hammond teachers in one year accused of having sex with students (Mar 28 2013)

    Eight months later, 27-year-old algebra teacher Jon Lilly was arrested and accused of having a sexual relationship with one, and possibly two teenage ,students. Lilly was charged in federal court and the affidavit says since 2011, Lilly persuaded six teenage girls, current and former students, to send explicit pictures to him on his cell phone. Some show the girls in just their underwear, others are naked and in sexually suggestive positions.
     
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    ABC Local WLS: Ind. teacher allegedly had female students sext him (Mar 28 2013)

    Jon Erik Lilly of Cedar Lake was arrested Wednesday on federal charges of possessing visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. A probable cause and detention hearing is scheduled for Friday. Lilly allegedly talked four girls into sexting with him when he taught at Morton High School in Hammond.

    Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: Ex-teacher charged in sexting scandal with students (Mar 28 2013)
     
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    Beaumont Enterprise: Feds: Ind. teacher had female students sext him (Mar 28 2013)

    Jon Erik Lilly, of Cedar Lake, was arrested Wednesday on a federal charge of possessing visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct ... Investigators allegedly found hundreds of sexually explicit images on Lilly's computer, including photos of at least four underage girls from the school ...
    The document said investigators who searched Lilly's cellphone and other devices found photos of at least four other girls between the ages of 16 and 20 posing nude or in sexual positions. The girls said Lilly had a reputation for flirting with students, and one of the girls told investigators that she sent Lilly a photo after he asked her to send him a picture for his birthday. None of the girls felt they had been coerced, the affidavit said. According to court documents, Lilly's former girlfriend told investigators that he had been Facebook friends with several female middle school students when they dated.
     
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    WSBT: Ex-Indiana teacher charged with child pornography, having sex with teen (Mar 28 2013)

    A former teacher at Morton High School in Hammond is accused of having sex with at least one student and having hundreds of nude photos of teens on his home computer. Jon Erik Lilly, 27, of Cedar Lake, Ind., was arrested Wednesday on charges of possessing visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct, according to a federal complaint. The complaint alleges Lilly coerced at least 10 under-aged teens into sending him nude photos, and that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl at his Cedar Lake home. The girl's mother contacted police after she suspected her daughter was having a relationship with him, the complaint said.
     
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    Chicago Tribune: Former Indiana teacher charged with having explicit photos of teen: 17-year-old says she had sex with Cedar Lake man (Mar 29 2013)

    Jon Erik Lilly, 27, of Cedar Lake, Ind., was arrested Wednesday on charges of possessing visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct, according to a federal complaint. [​IMG]The complaint alleges that Lilly coerced at least 10 underage teens into sending him nude photos, and that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl at his Cedar Lake home.
     
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    Chesterton Tribune: Feds charge NWI teacher with having female students sext him (Mar 29 2013)

    Jon Erik Lilly, of Cedar Lake, was arrested Wednesday on a federal charge of possessing visual depictions of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. The charge was unsealed in U.S. District Court in Hammond, less than 20 miles from Chicago ... Investigators allegedly found hundreds of sexually explicit images on Lilly's computer, including photos of at least four underage girls from the school.

    Courier Journal: Indiana teacher allegedly had students sext him (Mar 29 2013)
     
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    Ex-teacher urges court to toss sex conviction

    Jon Erik Lilly, who filed a motion in May to vacate his conviction, filed another brief Friday in support of his motion. Lilly, who taught at Morton High School, waived almost all of his rights to appeal as part of his plea deal, a point that federal attorneys have argued. However, Lilly claims in his new filing that his innocence should trump this.

    He admits in the new filing that he asked the students, two girls who were 16 and 17 years old at the time, to send him naked pictures. However, the filing argues that because the pictures do not focus on their genitals, they cannot then be considered lascivious, which is part of the charge he pleaded guilty to. Lilly claimed in his original motion to vacate that he had received ineffective counseling from his attorney during his change of plea hearing and was forced into pleading guilty.

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    http://www.myfoxchicago.com/story/26412014/ex-teacher-urges-court-to-toss-sex-conviction
     
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