SC - Elementary school teacher charged with stalking and writing love letters to 11-year old student - July 11, 2024

[Clearsky]

South Carolina ‘Teacher of the Year’ accused of stalking, writing 60 love letters to 11-year-old student

A former South Carolina elementary school “Teacher of the Year” is accused of stalking an 11-year-old student by sending her scores of love letters and joining her church, according to …

nypost.com

Dylan Robert Dukes, who taught at Starr Elementary School, allegedly penned the young girl more than 60 love letters, gave her cards, gifts and “unwanted hugs” that made her uncomfortable, according to an arrest warrant obtained by WIS-TV.

 

[borndem]

Hoping he won't be able to get out of jail. Grrrrr.
Hoping the young girl will recover soon.

 

[tlcya]

According to the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office, 27-year-old Dylan Robert Dukes wrote an 11-year-old girl over 60 love letters and gave her cards, gift cards, ornaments, pictures and “unwanted hugs” that made the victim feel uncomfortable.

Authorities stated before summer break, the Starr Elementary School teacher gave the child a personalized box with a letter for each day of the week for the summer.

Duke also recently joined the child’s church after realizing she would no longer be a student at the school.

The sheriff’s office said when detectives went to the school to survey Dukes’ classroom, they found many pictures of the child in his desk. They mentioned that these pictures were not sexual in any nature.
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“My child has been handed love notes by an adult male countless times,” said the victim’s mother in court.

She said the 60 notes found were just since June.
Teacher accused of stalking, writing over 60 love letters to 11-year-old student

SCARY!!

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Yikes, glad he was caught, because he was relentlessly grooming this child.

 

[amandab]

Joining her church one he learned she wouldn't be in school is an extra layer of awful

 

[Motoman_90]

Glad they got him before anything worse happened to the girl this was 100% a horror story in the making