Apr 20, 2007 - Travis Thompson, 39, arrested and fired by the school board for allegedly taking advantage of a 13-year-old girl.
Thompson is charged with taking indecent liberties with a child and indecent exposure. The incident took place at McDougle Middle School where Thompson is a special education teacher's assistant.. The girl’s parents notified school officials last Friday.
The teen told officers the incident happened in February while Thompson was working as a substitute teacher.Last month, Thompson was hired full-time to work as a teacher’s assistant in the exceptional education program.
GUILTY PLEA AND SENTENCING Oct 31 - Thompson pleaded guilty to one count of indecent exposure to a minor. He was sentenced to two years' probation, ordered to pay a $200 fine and ordered to submit to a mental health assessment. He also must register as a sex offender.
After his arrest, Thompson went on WTVD Channel 11 news and admitted acting inappropriately. He said the girl had given him a lap dance, which she vehemently denies.
Travis Lee Thompson, 40, of Efland was watching the girl, who had been punished with in-school suspension at McDougle Middle School in Carrboro in February. When they were alone, Thompson made sexual conversation, which made the girl uncomfortable, said Assistant District Attorney Jacqueline Perez.Thompson said he deeply regretted his lapse in judgement.
At one point, the girl noticed Thompson standing near a file cabinet exposed.
"She looked over at him, saw it, told him he should put it away and left," Perez told Superior Court Judge Michael Morgan..
