A high school English teacher in the Plymouth-Canton school system, was taken into custody yesterday and arraigned on two child-sex felony counts. According to prosecutors, he propositioned an officer posing as a 14 year old girl online, and asked the agent to “watch a sexually explicit act.” No detail is given about the act, but as police reports reference a “web camera” being taken from his Ypsilanti home, one suspects that the act, whatever it was, was done by him. Letters have been sent out to the parents of kids who had him as a teacher, and the authorities are asking everyone to check their children’s “Buddy Lists” for the screen name “Oxy69.” Those who suspect the 27 year old has interacted with their children online, or in person, are asked to contact the Attorney General’s office at 313-456-0180. His real name is all over the press, but, as people (unless I missed a memo) are still presumed innocent under our legal system, I didn’t feel comfortable posting the details here.

Word is he’s married and has a very young child. One can only imagine how difficult this is going to be for them. (I suppose we should just be happy for them that his arrest wasn’t broadcast as entertainment as part of NBC’s vile “To Catch a Predator” series.)

A spokesman for the school district says, “he won’t be in the classroom until this is straightened out, and he will not be if he’s convicted.” I found it odd that they felt it necessary to spell it out that, if he’s found guilty of soliciting sex from a minor, he won’t be allowed to keep teaching there. And, it’s nice that they’re indicating that, if nothing comes of this, he’ll be welcomed back, but I can’t imagine that someone could possibly return to work after being so publicly accused of something so horrible.

[note: I only find evidence of one Oxy69 on MySpace, but I don’t see anything to indicate it’s him.]