July 25, 2008 - Cameron Belk, 40, a teacher's aide in a special-needs classroom at Urbana Middle School, was convicted by a jury on two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, despite his contention that he thought the young woman he was having sex with was 17 or older.
The girl was 16 and worked for him in his store. Belk was arrested on Oct. 2, 2006, at Urbana Middle School, where he worked as a teacher's aide.
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TT - Urbana has been in the news in the last few years. Jon White was sentenced to 60 years in April for sexual abuse of his elementary school students in two different districts. Brian Dyson, 31, is currently serving five years after pleading guilty to a single count of criminal sexual assault for engaging in a sex act with a 14-year-old girl at Urbana Middle School between Jan. 1 and Feb. 14, 2005.
Link is to TT entry.
In August, 2007, Yuri Ermakov, 27, a University Laboratory High School assistant track coach,was sentenced to 12 years prison for engaging in a sex act with a 15-year-old girl.
Link is to TT entry.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Urbana, ILLINOIS
