Former East St. Louis High School security officer Isaac Turner, 43, was acquitted of sexually assaulting a student and now wants to be rehired by the school.
The officer was charged in 2012 with criminal sexual assault of a teen but was found not guilty on Feb. 5 in a bench trial, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Turner is now fighting to clear his name and reputation in the community.
The teen alleged Turner took her from campus to a tavern he supposedly owned. Evidence revealed, however, that the officer didn’t own a bar and that the date of the alleged assault was on a Sunday when the school was closed.
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