MIDLAND, Texas (KMID)- On Wednesday, five employees at a Christian School in Midland, Texas, were arrested after police say they failed to notify law enforcement when a student reported he had been assaulted on campus.
Superintendent Jared Lee, Secondary Principal Dana Ellis, Secondary Vice Principal Matthew Counts, Athletic Director Gregory McClendon, and Head Baseball Coach Barry Russell have all been charged with one count of Failure to Report with Intent to Conceal.
An arrest affidavit said, “These administrators and teachers at Midland Christian School are required by Texas (law) to report the incident to authorities. Instead of reporting the incident, they have continually attempted to conceal the incident or abuse from authorities… (they) conducted their own ‘investigation’…they had knowledge of the sexual assault.”
What led up to the arrests? Here is what we know:
A ninth-grader said he was assaulted on Jan. 20 in the locker room after baseball practice. The victim told police when he entered the locker room, the lights were turned off and he was pushed to the ground. The victim said someone in the darkened room told him it was “Freshman Initiation Day”. The victim told police a sophomore student repeatedly hit him with a baseball bat, and then used the bat to sexually assault him.
Principal Ellis later told police she was first notified of the assault on Jan. 20.
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