Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Former Jasper teacher's aide pleads not guilty to sex charge

A former Jasper High School teacher's aide waived her arraignment and pleaded not guilty this morning in Jasper County Circuit Court to felony charges of statutory rape and statutory sodomy.

Janice Lorene Rusk, 43, Carthage, was an aide in the special education department at Jasper High School at the time the crimes were allegedly committed.

The Jasper County Sheriff's Department began its investigation after being told by the Jasper Police Department of reports of sexual contact between Ms. Rusk and "several juvenile males," according to the probable cause statement.

I made contact with D.S., a 16-year-old male on April 2, 2014. During an interview, D. S. said that on a day in the first week of December 2013, he had deviate sexual intercourse and sexual intercourse with Rusk.


D. S. explained that he had been texting Rusk for a while an they agreed to meet on a bridge at the west edge of B. S.'s family property on Baseline Blvd. in Jasper County.

The next hearing in the case is scheduled for 9:05 a.m. May 21 before Judge Richard Copeland.

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