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The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office began looking into the Freedom Christian Academy in March after a parent withdrew her children from the private school after discovering that Joan Dayton, the head of school knowingly allowed Conner to work there during the 2011-12 academic year

            Paul Conner, the convicted sex offender at the center of the investigation said Thursday he was never employed by the school and was not on campus during school hours.  A search warrant was served by Deputies at the school on Wednesday. Along with collecting items in relation to Conner, investigators also sought after “documentary and computer evidence” related to allegations of academic fraud where favored students had their grades changed “to increase the reported level of performance” while students not favored by administrators had their grades reduced

According to the state sex offender registry, 50 year old Paul Conner received five years of probation in 2001 for indecent liberties with a minor and sexual offense with certain victims in Robeson County. The incident occurred in 1994 and the victim was 8 years old at the time.

In a statement released by Conner he says “I never brought any harm to anybody at that school, I never hurt anyone. I was just trying to do a good thing.” North Carolina state law says a convicted sex offender cannot live within 1,000 feet of a K-12 school or child care center or work at any place where a minor is present and the person’s responsibilities or activities would include instruction, supervision or care of a minor or minors.

No charges have been filed as of Thursday.

 

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