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Grain Valley sex charge
Jan. 25, 2012
A Grain Valley man has been charged with child molestation and sodomy of young boys at a school, Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker announced today.
Matthew J. Nelson, 33, faces Child Molestation in the First Degree and three felony counts of Statutory Sodomy in the First Degree.
According to court documents, Nelson was a teacher at a Grain Valley School District Elementary School. Parents notified the Grain Valley Police Department that their sons, ages 7 to 9, had reported inappropriate touching by Nelson in his classroom. The boys reported Nelson touched their private areas through clothing or directly to skin during classroom hours, including during movie times and reading periods. A forensic interview of the first victim to report verified that the teacher had rubbed the boy in a private area that was inappropriate.
Prosecutor Baker thanked the Grain Valley Police Department for acting quickly on reports of parents, who went to police just this month. The police department also followed up appropriately after one parent came forward; detectives quickly interviewed other parents with children in the school, Baker said.
Prosecutors have requested a $250,000 cash bond.
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