Teacher accused of ‘sexting’ to face revocation hearing in DUI case
A representative of the Fayette County Adult Probation Office has filed paperwork to revoke participation in a pretrial diversionary program for an area high school teacher charged with using a cellphone to send lewd photos and a video to one of his students.
This January – several months before Kevin Bell, a Connellsville Area High School teacher, was charged with sending the allegedly obscene materials – he was admitted to the Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition (ARD) program for six months for driving under the influence of alcohol and other summary offenses.
Bell, court records alleged, was involved in a Jan. 26, 2011 accident in Bullskin Township, and his blood-alcohol was over .16 percent. That’s twice the legal limit for driving under the influence of alcohol in Pennsylvania.
One of the conditions of the program, generally for first-time, non-violent offenders, is that they not engage in any additional criminal activity.
Bell was charged in March with corruption of minors and disseminating explicit sexual material to a minor.
Earlier this week, a motion to revoke his participation in the program was filed. A hearing date has yet to be set on the matter.
For more information, read Friday’s HeraldStandard.com.