Brighton, COLORADO

April 3, 2008 - Andrew Weaver, 28, a Brighton High School teacher, was arrested on suspicion of a felony count of Internet sexual exploitation of a child, for allegedly sending pictures of his genitalia and engaging in sexually explicit conversation with a law enforcement official posing online as a 14-year-old girl. It turned out to be an undercover officer.

Investigators on May 2, 2007, filed a court order to link Weaver to the Yahoo chat name eightball_79. Weaver’s facial features on his driver’s license were matched to video sent over the Internet. During the chat, eightball_79 identified himself as Andy from Denver, the affidavit said.

Weaver is married and has a six-month-old child. He has been teaching for the past five years. Weaver had been fired from his position. He will be formally charged April 16.
Full Name: Andrew Charles Weaver

April 7 - The Brighton Standard Blade wonders why it took nine months to bring charges. The incident, they say, according to the affidavit, occurred on March 8, 2007, yet no warrant was issued until December 19, 2007, nearly nine months later.

However, Mesa County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Heather Benjamin noted that the office had no knowledge of Weaver’s employment status prior to his court appearance April 3, at which time they contacted Brighton High School officials.

April 9 - Denver Post: Coach continued teaching after he was caught in a sex sting

TT - Aren't teachers required by law to report any arrest to school officials? If not, why not?