Gamil Lamont Lopez, 31, teachers aide at Strom Thurmond High School, Edgefield County School District, Johnston, South Carolina, "charged with having sex with a student' Edgefield Daily: Strom Thurmond Teacher's Aide Charged for Sex with Student (Jan 24 2013) A 31-year-old Teacher's Aide was arrested at Strom Thurmond Thursday and has been charged with having sex with a student. Gamil Lamont Lopez, of Johnston, was arrested at the school following a 6-week long investigation and booked into custody at the Edgefield County Detention Center on a single count of sexual battery with a student. The felony charge carries a 5-year maximum sentence if convicted. School officials were made aware of a possible inappropriate relationship between Lopez and the student in early December and contacted the Edgefield County Sheriff's Office, who took over the investigation. An investigator met with the student and her mother and the student denied the relationship. After a search warrant on the student's phone showed numerous texts between the two during and after school hours, the student admitted the relationship. Lopez refused to speak with the investigator throughout the investigation. Tags:
WJBF: BREAKING ON 6: Teacher's Aide Arrested, Charged With Having Sex with A Student In Edgefield County (Jan 25 2013) According to the report, 31-year-old Gamil Lopez is being charged with having sex with a student. According to jail officials, Lopez is behind bars at the Edgefield County Detention Center on a single count of sexual battery. WJBF: Strom Thurmond High Teacher's Aide Charged With Having Sex With Student (Jan 25 2013)
WJBF: Strom Thurmond High Teacher's Aide Charged With Having Sex With Student (Jan 25 2013) Reports show 31-year-old Gemil Lopez denies having any kind of sexual relationship with a student at Strom Thurmond High School. Lopez bonded out Friday morning, and went by the Edgefield County Board of Education offices when we were there, but when I approached him to talk about the charges, he refused to speak without a lawyer and sped off. An arrest report accuses Lopez of having sex with the student between December 6th and December 14th.
WRDW: Edgefield Co. teacher's aide accused of sexual battery involving student (Jan 25 2013) A teacher's aide at an Edgefield County high school is in jail, accused of sexual battery with a student. Investigators are looking into whether 31-year-old Gamil Lamont Lopez had sex with a student. The school system says it found text messages exchanged between the two that were sexual in nature.
Edgefield Daily: Weekly Booking Report / Crime Blotter (Jan 29 2013) Jan. 24 Gamil Lamont Lopez, 32; Sexual battery with student, ECSO