An employee at Hazel Park/Hilda Knoff Elementary School in River Ridge was arrested Friday, accused of offering a student money to perform a sex act, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office said.
Lance Johnson, 40, of LaPlace, was booked with indecent behavior with a juvenile and soliciting sexual intercourse for compensation, authorities said.
Johnson worked as a paraprofessional educator at the school, according to Gabrielle Misfeldt, chief of staff for the Jefferson Parish Public School System. Paraprofessionals aid teachers with instruction and provide tutoring for students, among other duties at schools.
Johnson is on leave pending an investigation, Misfeldt said.
The victim is a student at the school, which is located in the 8800 block of Jefferson Highway and includes grades pre-kindergarten through eighth. The Sheriff's Office did not disclose the student's age or gender.
An investigation was opened Sept. 20 after the student's mother reached out to authorities, according to the Sheriff's Office.
The student told their mother that a male teacher later identified as Johnson made the sexual proposition the day before, the Sheriff's Office said. Detectives obtained a warrant for Johnson's arrest and took him into custody Friday.
On Monday, Johnson was being held without bail at the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna on the indecent behavior charge. Bail was set at $500 for the solicitation charge.
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