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Teacher facing sex charges
Teacher facing sex charges - Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 3:20PM EST
Reported by: David DeCosmo WYOU TV News
Thursday, Feb 19, 2009 @ 03:20pm EST
BLOOMING GROVE, PIKE COUNTY- A man once honored with a Disney American Teacher Award now faces sexual abuse charges involving a 14-year-old boy. 44-year-old Gregory Gene Ritter turned himself in to State Police at the Blooming Grove Barracks Thursday afternoon.
Ritter is a 7th grade teacher at East Hills Middle School in Bethlehem. Police say the victim was not one of his students. According to a news release from the State Police Ritter met the victim at Camp Trexler, near Kunkletown, in Monroe County. Police say the offenses happened at Ritter's Greentown home, in Palmyra Township. Police say Ritter was having sexual contact with the boy in addition to watching a pornographic video. Investigators say Ritter sent text messages to the victim making reference to the encounter.
Ritter was one of 33 teachers selected for Disney's American Teacher Award Honorees for 2000. He is being held at the Pike County Prison. His bail was set at $100,000.
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