Student, 16 year old boy, sexually abused by 3 school staff members

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Its bad enough when teachers have sex with students.

Charged with child seduction (a Class D felony), as filed in Putnam Circuit Court by Putnam County Prosecutor Tim Bookwalter, are:

-- Nicholas A. Vester, 24, Lafayette, a substitute Spanish teacher at North Putnam High School for approximately 12 weeks this past fall.

-- Craig E. Rogers, 24, Indianapolis, the North Putnam band director who has been on paid administrative leave since Jan. 18 because of the external investigation that resulted in Tuesday's charges. Rogers has been employed by the corporation since the start of the school year.


Brandon D. Largent
-- Brandon D. Largent, 20, Crawfordsville, who had been working at North Putnam as a paid lifeguard and volunteer swim instructor since November. Largent has submitted his resignation but the school board took no action on it at the Feb. 16 meeting.
Although all three face the same charge of child seduction, the arrest warrant for Vester accuses him of engaging in "deviant sexual conduct, to wit, anal intercourse and oral sex, with the intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires" of himself or the victim.

The arrest warrants for Rogers and Largent accuse them of engaging in "fondling or touching with the intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires" of themselves or the victim.

Greencastle Banner-Graphic: Local News: Three NP staffers charged in child seduction case involving same boy, 16 (02/29/12)