A Bremen High School teacher was lodged in the Marshall County Jail on a charge of Attempted Child Seduction as a level 5 Felony and Harassment as a class B Misdemeanor and held on a $10,000 cash bond.
Twenty-eight year old Patrick Samuel Stroud of Plymouth was arrested on Monday night, September 2nd at 9:15 by Bremen Police following an investigation that began on August 23rd by Officer Nick Young.
Bremen High School Principal Bruce Jennings met with the officer after it was brought to his attention that Mr. Stroud, a Spanish teacher had been meeting and communicating with a 15 year old female student.
Court documents say he took the student to conventions and made several unattended visits to her home.
Officer Young was able to search the student’s cell phone and found images and communication through Instagram. It is alleged that Stroud would invite himself places with the student or persist in giving her rides somewhere and show up at her home uninvited. He also told her he wanted a serious relationship outside of school and made comments of taking a vacation together after school was out.
On September 2nd a second victim came forward with information that Patrick Stroud had been communicating with her in the same way. He had invited her to his classroom and rubbed her thigh and would often give her hugs that she felt were inappropriate. The second victim said the Bremen teacher asked her for pictures of her in a bathing suit alongside him.
Officer Young believes through the victim statements and witness statements that Patrick Stroud was attempting to groom and seduce female students for sexual relationships.
Patrick Stroud is scheduled for an initial hearing in Marshall Superior Court I on October 15th.
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