A former Bel Air High School staff member pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of fourth-degree sex abuse in connection with his relationship with a 16-year-old student, with sentencing scheduled for November.
Anthony Leon Farris Jr., 24, of the 1000 block of Pirates Court in Edgewood was charged with the sexual abuse of a minor, two counts of fourth degree sex offense, and perverted practice for allegedly having sex with a then-16-year-old female student in his office at the school on several occasions between September and December, according to charging documents filed in February.
According to court documents, Farris plead guilty to the two counts of sex abuse and agreed to a court-ordered “Psycho Sexual evaluation.” Sentencing in the case is scheduled for Nov. 14 at 9 a.m.
Farris was arrested at Harford County Public Schools’ central office on Feb. 22 following an investigation by the Bel Air Police Department, the Harford County Child Advocacy Center, and the school systems’ internal investigators, according to HCPS spokeswoman Teri Kranefeld.
Kranefeld said Farris was “no longer an employee of Harford County Public Schools” as of Feb. 22. She said he had been on administrative leave since Jan. 25 pending the results of an internal investigation.
Farris was hired in August 2010 as an inclusion helper, a position which “supports the classroom teacher by providing support to students during instruction, prepares instructional materials for students under the direction of the teacher, and charts data on student progress,” Kranefeld said. He also served as the head coach of the Joppatowne track and field team, and an assistant coach of that school’s football team; Kranefeld could not immediately specify the dates during which he served in those roles.
Farris has been cited for several traffic offenses in the last few years, according to online court documents. Sentencing for two of those incidents, including one in November when he was pulled over for speeding and was found to be driving on a suspended license, and a similar encounter in January, is scheduled to take place simultaneously.
And may his asshole forever stretch in prison.
Let he that is without sin cast the first stone
I may have committed plenty of sins in my lifetime, but none of them involve taking advantage of a teenager under my care and control in my office….
Inclusion helper position- waste of money. Why is he not in jail now? Driving on a suspended license-twice. What a great role model. What moron hired this idiot to begin with?
An affirmative action hire? They probably relaxed the standards to hire enough blacks to make the quota.
And some people wonder why, despite the many gains in the past 50 years, we still need a Civil Rights Movement! I wonder what Pavel314 thinks of Ghandi, King, Steinem, Chavez, etc.
Let me be the first to String em Up!
You forgot Marx, Lennin, Mao, and Che Guevara in your list of “moderate” saints.
I concur Mr. Moderate
gloria steinem helped pave the way for millions of black babies to be aborted in her quest to clean up the inner cities.
Well I’m still here living this black baby wasn’t aborted and my daddy is Mixed and my grandmother is WHITE so what’s ur point ????????????
He will be getting what he deserves; and I pray for his soul! He lived next door to me and never had a kind word and was rude and insulting and his step-father Mr. Harris would encourage him to be that way. I never knew any men who talked so sickening to women and his sister is on probation for stealing and she has a filthier mouth than they do.
He was never rude to me and that’s rude to wish harm on a person what if it was ur son how would u feel his family reads these comments just like you and i
Let me start of my saying, some of the comments are rude as hell. Yes what he did was wrong but to talk about all BLACKS isn’t called for. He will pay for his sins and ppl kill me so quick to judge who to say that young lady didn’t lead him on who to say she attempt the 1st move the problem of the matter is that she’s white and he’s black so of course it was rape per say the victim but no one knows but y say he raped me after 3mos of sexing each other I just pray for him and ask God to watch over him some ppl just shouldn’t comment on certain thing.. And for the record he worked with me before he was sentenced in Nov 2013 and he was never rude nor disrespectful to me