Police: At least 5 boys abused
Plano: Several say ex-teacher at preschool assaulted them there
September 15, 2006
By
KIM BREEN / The Dallas Morning News
Four new charges have been filed
against a Plano teaching assistant and former preschool teacher
accused last week of molesting a child.
Broderick Standberry, 34, met three
of the five children involved while working at Christie Elementary
School or Tutor Time in Plano, according to court records.
He was charged Wednesday with three
additional counts of aggravated sexual assault and one count of
indecency with a child by contact. Mr. Standberry was charged with
one count of aggravated sexual assault last week.
The charges involve five boys.
Police would not release further information, including the ages of
the children. Plano police Officer Rick McDonald said the
investigation continues in case other children come forward.
Mr. Standberry on Wednesday turned
himself in at the Collin County Jail, where he remains in lieu of
$350,000 bail. He declined an interview. It was unclear Thursday who
his attorney is.
Work reviews positive
Mr. Standberry was fired in April
from Tutor Time in Plano, a preschool and day-care center, for being
there without permission after hours. Multiple boys accuse him of
taking them to the center for sexual activity after business hours.
He had worked there since 2002.
The Plano school district placed
Mr. Standberry on paid leave pending the outcome of the police
investigation. He has worked as a teaching assistant at Christie
Elementary since 1997.
Mr. Standberry received positive
reviews at both jobs, according to school district personnel records
and day-care officials.
Two boys told police that they met
Mr. Standberry when they attended Christie. They said he took them
and their friends to dinner, movies and other activities. Afterward,
both boys said, he took them to the day-care center, where they had
sexual contact, according to court records.
It isn't clear from court records
whether he took the boys to the center one at a time or together.
One boy reported having intercourse with Mr. Standberry four or five
times in 2006. The other said sexual activity began three years ago.
After Mr. Standberry was charged
last week, the Christie principal sent a note home to parents
explaining that no Christie student was involved in the alleged
abuse. School district officials didn't return a call for comment
Thursday about the new charges.
A third boy told police that Mr.
Standberry took him into a closet at Tutor Time and had the child
fondle him, according to court documents. Mr. Standberry was the
boy's teacher at the day care, which enrolls infants and children
through age 12.
'Obviously concerned'
Amy Popp, a spokeswoman for Tutor
Time's parent company, Learning Care Group Inc. in Michigan, said
Thursday that she couldn't comment about the new charges because she
hadn't seen them. She previously said it appeared that no day-care
students were involved.
"We're obviously concerned," she
said. "While he was employed with us, we never had any complaints by
any parents for any misconduct."
A fourth boy told police he'd known
Mr. Standberry since he was 5. He told police he had sexual contact
with him numerous times, according to court records.
The boy involved in the charge
filed last week told police that he had sex with Mr. Standberry
monthly for about four years after hours at the day care center,
court documents say.
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