July 25, 2008 - Jack Owens, 47, a substitute teacher in Marion County schools, was arrested and charged with aggravated statutory rape by an authority figureand solicitation of a minor by electronic means, and carrying a weapon on school property.
Authorities were notified Thursday by the victim's family after explicit text messaged were discovered on the student's phone. The student is described as a 15-year-old student athlete. Police took over the texting as part of the investigation and arraigned a meeting at Marion County High School where they arrested Owens.
The married father of four had been a paramedic at Grandview Medical Center for five years. He serves as athletic trainer for the Marion County High School football team and has been a substitute teacher in Marion County.
Full Name: Jack Clinton Owens
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IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM NewsChannel 9 visited the school to "get answers."
We went to Owens' house, where no one answered the door. And to Marion County High, where we were told to leave.---------------------
We were approached by a woman, who didn't identify herself, who told us, "you need to leave, there are kids practicing, you can't do this to the kids."
