Robert K. Young, 41, math teacher at Permian High School, Ector County ISD, Odessa, Texas, "charged ... with having an inappropriate relationship with a student" Permian High School teachers with issues: April Collins, Odessa, Texas (arrested June 2013) Alicia Carrasco Knighten, Odessa, Texas (resigned Apr 2014) Mark Lampman, Odessa, Texas (resigned May 2014) [relationship w/ student] Kathryn Maples, Odessa, Texas (arrested June 2013) Robert K. Young, Odessa, Texas (arrested June 2010) Permian teacher arrested June 20 2010 Permian High School teacher Robert Young was arrested and charged Tuesday with having an inappropriate relationship with a student. ECISD police began investigating June 17 after school officials received an anonymous tip about a teacher engaged in an improper relationship between an educator and a student, a second-degree felony. Young was placed on paid administrative leave June 21 as ECISD police continued an investigation. ... Young, in a probable cause statement, is not accused of having sex with the teen but is accused of having a sexual relationship involving heavy petting and of sending nude video and photos of himself to her. The girl was an 18-year-old Permian High School student but was not in any of Young’s classes at the time the relationship occurred, Adkins said. ... In a probable cause statement filed with Justice of the Peace Chris Clark, ECISD police officer Scott Armstrong said he interviewed the student and the teen’s parent. In the statement, Armstrong said an improper relationship between the student and Young started May 15 and lasted until school was out. The statement also stated that Young would pick up the student in his truck about three times a week and would drive around from about 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. and that the pair would kiss and engage in heavy petting. The statement also accuses Young of engaging in sexual communication on Facebook and sending nude photos and videos of himself to the girl. http://www.oaoa.com/news/article_67ae7431-c638-579a-9976-63e33b6c5ba0.html Tags:
Former Permian teacher re-indicted DA files separate charges week before trial Oct 29 2013 With his case set to go to trial next week, the Ector County District Attorney’s Office re-indicted Young, 44, on two more counts of improper relationship between educator and student. The initial indictment filed in September 2010 accused Young of engaging in sexual contact with a student at Permian High School. The new indictment, in addition to that original count, also accuses him of using the Internet and text messages to solicit a meeting to “engage in sexual contact or sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse,” and using those same methods to communicate with and distribute sexually explicit material. http://www.oaoa.com/news/article_b38bc25e-409d-11e3-b8af-001a4bcf6878.html
Ex-Odessa Permian teacher faces new charges Oct 29 2013 A September 2010 indictment accused Robert K. Young of having sexual contact with a student at Odessa's Permian High School, where he was a math teacher. With trial scheduled to begin next week, an Ector County grand jury has added two more counts of improper relationship against Young. http://www.reporternews.com/news/2013/oct/29/ex-odessa-permian-teacher-faces-new-charges/
Odessa Teacher Accused of Having Sex With Students Oct 29 2013 Robert K. Young is accused of having sexual contact with a student at Odessa's Permian High School. Young was a math teacher. An Ector County grand jury added two more counts of improper relationship against Young before his trial next week. http://www.krgv.com/news/odessa-teacher-accused-of-having-sex-with-students