Donovan J. Garvin (Widener Lane, Smyrna, Delaware), 37, math teacher at Smyrna High School [Smyrna School District], Smyrna, Delaware, "charged with first-degree sex abuse of a child and sexual solicitation " Delaware Newszap: Smyrna HS teacher arrested on sex abuse of student charges (Jan 7 2013) Donovan J. Garvin was taken into custody without incident at his residence in the 600 block of Widener Lane as law enforcement concluded a probe that began on Friday. Lt. Wood said that Smyrna High’s school resource officer was notified by school officials about the possible offenses as the investigation began. The allegations of a relationship involved a 15-year-old female student ... Lt. Wood said the alleged string of incidents began when the student was a freshman during the 2011-12 school year. The encounters came in school classroom, police said ... Tags:
WBOC: Smyrna Teacher Arrested for Alleged Sexual Student Relationship (Jan 8 2013) Police arrested a Smyrna High School teacher after an investigation into allegations that Donovan J. Garvin, 37, of Smyrna allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old female student ... Garvin is charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse of a child by a person of trust 1st degree and one count of sexual solicitation of a child under the age of 18 to engage in prohibited act.
WBOC: Smyrna Teacher Charged in Alleged Sex With Student Case (Jan 8 2013) A Smyrna High School teacher has been charged with having an ongoing sexual relationship with a 15-year-old female student. Smyrna police say the arrest of 37-year-old, Donovan Garvin, followed an investigation that started Friday after the discovery of a cell phone containing communication between Garvin and the student. Garvin faces eleven charges, including allegations of sexual abuse of a child.
MSNBC: Del. Math Teacher Accused of Having Sex With Student (Jan 9 2013) Police say they began to investigate Donovan Garvin, 37, a teacher at Smyrna High School, after someone found a cellphone containing communication between him and a 15-year-old student. The relationship between the two allegedly began during the last school year. Police say the girl is a sophomore and was once one of Garvin’s students.
Court rejects former teacher's appeal in sex abuse case 9 Dec 2015 The Delaware Supreme Court has denied an appeal for a former Smyrna High School math teacher [Donovan J. Garvin] convicted of sexually abusing a student . . . Garvin pleaded guilty in August 2013 to first-degree sexual abuse of a child by a person of trust in exchange for the state dropping the other charges. He was immediately sentenced to 25 years in prison, suspended after 13 years. https://www.delawareonline.com/stor...rmer-teachers-appeal-sex-abuse-case/77031932/