Teacher at Garvey Charter Charged
Sex-With-Teen-Girl Charges Land Him in Court

 

By THOMAS E. SEWARD
Special to the Chronicle

 

A teacher at Marcus Garvey Leadership Charter School was charged Tuesday on numerous sexual assault charges involving a 13-year-old girl.
Pascal Wayne Jones, 42, who lives in Edmond, was charged Tuesday in Oklahoma County District Court with 10 counts of forcible oral sodomy, five counts of rape by instrumentation and 10 counts of indecent or lewd acts with a child younger than 16.
The girl, now 14, told police in August she was molested by Mr. Jones while she attended the school, court records say.
The alleged victim has since transferred to another school.
Prosecutors allege that acts took place at Marcus Garvey Charter between Nov. 2011, and March of last year.
Kevin McPherson, principal of the charter school, did not return calls.
It was unclear Tuesday whether Mr. Jones is still employed by the school.
A spokesman for the Oklahoma City Public Schools System could not confirm whether Mr. Jones is employed by the school, since the school district does not have access to the charter school’s employment records.
Charter schools receive funding from the district, but do not follow the same rules and regulations as public schools, the spokesman said.
Mr. Jones was not among teachers listed in the school’s Website two days ago, but the Website is now “down for repairs.”
The alleged victim told police the incidents occurred during elective school hours and in Mr. Jones’ classroom.
She said the teacher always locked the classroom door while the alleged incidents occurred.
According to an affidavit, the girl’s mother told investigators Mr. Jones tried to contact the girl after she changed schools to get her to recant stories she told friends and adults about the alleged sexual incidents.
Mr. Jones was, subsequently, stopped by police at the girl’s new school for stalking, an investigator wrote in the affidavit.
Police also investigated whether school staff-members failed to protect the girl after she said she attempted to speak with them while the alleged sexual incidents were occurring, court records indicate.
In September, a victim’s protection order was issued against Mr. Jones “on behalf of minor children” in a case filed by Sherida N. Rentie as plaintiff.