April 25, 2011 Durham band teacher faces 65 counts of sex with student www.privateofficer.com
Terry Lamar Jones Jr. has been charged with 64 felony counts of having sex with a student, authorities say.
Jones’ alleged conduct with the former student came to light in a first-person story published in the April 13 issue of N.C. Central University’s student newspaper, Campus Echo. The woman, now a junior at N.C. Central University, used a pseudonym to tell about starting a relationship with her band teacher at Parkland High School in 2007 and 2008 when she was 17 and he was 24.
She referred to the band teacher as “James Smith” throughout the article. In it, she recounted how the teacher took her to an abortion clinic in Greensboro to terminate a pregnancy so they wouldn’t be seen. She wrote that their relationship ended after she discovered he also was in a relationship with one of her friends.
Five days after the story was published, the principal at Parkland High School contacted the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, which began an investigation. Detectives interviewed the young woman about her relationship with Jones from October 2007 to May 2008.
The Sheriff’s Office was assisted by officers at the university, Durham Police and the State Bureau of Investigation.
Authorities are looking for Jones, who lives in Durham and has yet to be arrested. Those with information on his whereabouts are asked to call 336-917-7001 or 336-727-2800.
Tags: " www.privateofficer.com, Durham band teacher faces 65 counts of sex with student, Terry Lamar Jones, Terry Lamar Jones band teacher at Durham's Shepard Middle School
- Leave a comment
- Posted under teacher arrested
