August 9, 2007 - Brett Storsved, 38, a science and broadcasting teacher at Garrett Middle School, was arrested, charged with six felony counts of lewdness with a child under the age of 14 and one gross misdemeanor count of ope
n and gross lewdness.
Police said the incidents occurred at the middle school during the 2006 to 2007 school year and involved seven different female victims, ages 12 to 14.The conduct was inappropriate touching, including chest bumping, patting the students on the rear-end, kicking them in the ear-end, poking with his fingers on their stomach or waist.
August 10 - KTNV-NBC:
While some fear that students have made the stories up, some girls at the school say he is perverted. Fed up, complaints trickled in reaching parents and school faculty. This led to an all out investigation, accusing Storsved of inappropriately touching seven female students.Students say they hesitated coming forward because he is a good teacher.
All of the students, but one, was under the age of 14.
GUILTY PLEA Dec 11 - Storsved pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful contact with a child under 16. That charge is a gross misdemeanor, unless it is committed again. It then it becomes a felony. [The news site reports that Storsved is set to be arraigned in district court January 9th. We think they mean formally sentenced.]
