John Beasley, 53, 7th-grade social studies teacher at H.B. Lee Middle School, Reynolds School District, Portland, Oregon, "accused of sexually abusing two young relatives" Oregonian: Portland middle school teacher accused of sexually abusing two young relatives (Sept 19 2013) Portland police were called to investigate the alleged abuse on Monday at [John] Beasley's Portland home. Beasley admitted to investigators that he had engaged in sexual activity with the two young girls, starting about two years ago, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in court. "Defendant stated that he felt there wasn't any harm at the time because the victims were curious,'' prosecutor Susan Howard wrote in the affidavit. Tags:
Portland Tribune: Portland Police arrest H.B. Lee teacher on six alleged sex-related charges (Sept 19 2013) John W. Beasley, 53, of outer Northeast Portland faces six charges, including four counts of first-degree sexual abuse, one count of first-degree sodomy and one count of first-degree unlawful sexual penetration. Portland police arrested Beasley, a seventh-grade social studies teacher, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at his home.
KATU: Reynolds School District teacher arrested on sex abuse charges (Sept 19 2013) According to court documents, [John] Beasley is accused of sexually abusing two children related to him. A police officer was called to his home Sept 16. The children told the officer about the abuse. Police said they interviewed Beasley the next day and he admitted the abuse started about two years ago. The court documents go on to say that Beasley told investigators he thought there wasn't any harm in what he'd done, because he thought the victims were curious.
KGW: Reynolds teacher charged with sex abuse (Sept 2013) John Beasley was arrested Wednesday on rape and sodomy charges, said Lt. Mike Marshman of the Portland Police Bureau. He added that Beasley and the victims knew each other ... Marshman said the victims were under 18 years old and the investigation does not appear to be related to the school.NBC News: Reynolds teacher charged with sex abuse (Sept 2013)
KPTV: Local middle school teacher arrested on sex abuse charges (Sept 19 2013) Portland police arrested John Beasley, who is a 7th grade teacher at H.B. Lee Middle School, and booked him into the Multnomah County Jail on Wednesday afternoon ... According to court documents, the victims were not Beasley's students, but were known to him. The court documents state Beasley admitted to police the abuse began two years ago when the two girls were around 5 and 8 years old. Beasley told police he didn't think there was anything wrong with it, because "the victims were curious," court documents state.