School resource officer in Kansas City area pleads guilty to sex crimes against teens
A former Kansas City, Kansas, school resource officer pleaded guilty last week to sex crimes against children, according to prosecutors.
Michael Eugene English Sr. pleaded guilty Feb. 28 in Wyandotte County District Court to three counts of aggravated indecent liberties with children between the ages of 14 and 16, the district attorney’s office said in an email.
One count was dismissed, online court records show.
English worked as a school system security guard before he joined the Kansas City, Kansas, School District’s independent police unit in 2015.
The crimes began in January 2018 and a parent tipped off police in March of that year, prompting an investigation by the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department. He was charged in April.
He faces a maximum of 172 months in prison.
A sentencing hearing was scheduled for May 8.
Last year, another Kansas City, Kansas, school resource officer was charged with sex crimes against children. In that case, Mark A. Scheetz faces two rape charges, two counts of aggravated criminal sodomy and a sexual exploitation charge. He was charged in Norton County.
Scheetz’s jury trial was scheduled for April 29.
This story was originally published March 5, 2020 at 10:57 AM.
