A Ponte Vedra Beach High School assistant football coach and special-needs aide is charged with sexually soliciting a 16-year-old boy through an e-mail and traveling to meet him.
William G. Turner, 46, was arrested Monday by law enforcement officers with the Attorney General’s CyberCrime Unit with assistance from the FBI and Jacksonville and St. Johns County sheriff’s offices.
Turner, of the 5500 block of Resa Terrace in the Ortega Farms area of Jacksonville, works as a paraprofessional with special-needs students in small classroom settings and is the school’s assistant football coach. He is listed on the high school’s Web site as Will Turner, an Exceptional Student Education specialist.
He is accused of transmitting pornography to the teen in Jacksonville and soliciting to meet him for sex. A CyberCrime investigator located the boy and his parents and was given permission to take over the his Yahoo account.
The investigator was soon contacted by a man who offered to meet with the teen for a sexual encounter. Turner instead met police and was arrested in Jacksonville, the Attorney General’s Office said.
Turner is charged with three felonies — solicitation of a minor via computer, transmission of harmful materials to a minor and traveling to meet a minor to engage in a sexual activity. His bail has not been set.
Turner passed a background check before being employed by the St. Johns County School Board four years ago, said spokeswoman Margie Davidson, and his personnel file shows no prior arrests or disciplinary reports.
“The parents of his students love him,” Davidson said.
Because of his arrest, Turner is suspended with pay pending action by the School Board.
Others who may have been approached by Turner can contact the CyberCrime Unit’s victim advocate at (904) 348-2720.
See Link http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/crime/2009-02-16/story/ponte_vedra_high_staffer_in_trouble_in_sex_solicitation_with_boy
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