Robert Vernon Powell, Greenville County, Travelers Rest, South Carolina (arrested Feb 2013)

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    Robert Vernon Powell (5307 Cedar Donne Circle, Simpsonville, South Carolina), 30, former teacher (Aug 2005 - June 2011) at Northwest Middle School, Greenville County Schools, Greenville County, Travelers Rest, South Carolina, "accused of sexual battery of two students"

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    Travelers Rest Tribune: Former Northwest Middle teacher charged with criminal sexual conduct (Feb 28 2013)

    According to arrest warrants, 30-year-old Robert Vernon Powell, of Simpsonville, allegedly engaged in lewd acts with two 15-year-old girls while employed at the school. Investigators with the Greenville County Sheriff's Office said they received a tip that Powell had sexual contact with both students between Aug. 4 and Dec. 3, 2008. Information contained in the incident report documents that the acts occurred on school grounds as well as outside of the victims’ home.

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    WSPA: Former Greenville Co. Teacher Faces Criminal Sexual Conduct Charges With Minors (Feb 28 2013)

    [Robert Vernon] Powell was charged with charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of committing a lewd act upon a child under 16 by the Greenville County Sheriff's Office. Investigators say they received a tip in January that Powell engaged in sexual battery with two 15-year old female students while employed as band director at Northwest Middle School. Arrest warrants claim Powell had sexual contact with both students between August 4 and December 3, 2008 on school grounds and outside the victims' home.
     
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    WYFF 4: District: Former band director charged with sex crimes -- Robert Powell accused of sexual battery on 2 students (Feb 28 2013)

    The Sheriff’s Office received a tip that 30-year old Robert Vernon Powell engaged in lewd acts involving two girls while he was employed at Northwest Middle School between Aug. 4 and Dec. 3, 2008. Oby Lyles, spokesman for the Greenville County School District, said Powell was the band director at Northwest Middle School from Aug. 2005 to June 2011. He also assisted with the Travelers Rest High School band, Lyles said. The incident report says the alleged lewd acts happened on school grounds at Northwest Middle School as well as outside of the students' homes.
     
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    Greenville Online: Ex-Northwest Middle teacher facing sex charges (Feb 28 2013)

    Powell is accused of kissing, touching or fondling the girls four times in 2008: on Aug. 4 and again on Dec. 3. Two other incidents were alleged to have taken place on Sept. 15 and Nov. 4, according to warrants. Investigators said they took statements from the victims.
     
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    Mauldin Patch: Update: Ralph Chandler Middle's Band Director Arrested on Sex Charges (Feb 28 2013)

    Powell, 30, of 5307 Cedar Donne Circle in Simpsonville, is charged with two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of committing a lewd act upon a child under 16. The alleged incidents took place over a span of four months in 2008, according to the GCSO. Arrest warrants alleged that Powell kissed and touched the girls' breasts and between their legs. In addition, the warrants alleged that Powell penetrated the girls vaginally with his fingers, and made at least one of them perform oral sex on him. The GCSO said they were alerted to the alleged incidents after receiving a tip on Jan. 22. According to the arrest warrants, investigators obtained statements implicating that Powell had sexual contact with both students between Aug. 4, 2008 and Dec. 3, 2008. The alleged incidents reportedly took place on school grounds as well as outside of the victims’ homes.