A highschool instructor in Nebraska has been charged with attempting to groom and site visitors a 16-year-old scholar to have intercourse together with her boyfriend — then paying her $100 to maintain quiet, in response to authorities.
Elizabeth Jamie Love, 36, and her 43-year-old beau, Jarid “Jack” Krause, have been arrested Friday after one in every of Love's highschool college students reported her unsettling allegations to cops, according to police in her hometown of Holdrege.
The 16-year-old woman claimed she was as soon as in Love's automotive when Krause known as about desirous to have intercourse with the instructor — who then instructed the woman she “could be keen to share” him, in response to an arrest affidavit obtained by People.
The woman mentioned the August name left her uncomfortable and made her get out of the automotive and name a relative for a journey residence.
The woman alleged that her instructor then picked her up on Oct. 11, taking her again to her home — the place Krause then led her upstairs and made what she took as a request for intercourse, the affidavit alleged.
The woman refused and left to start out strolling residence. However safety footage reveals Love trailing her in her automotive and getting the coed to hop in to be taken residence, the affidavit mentioned.
Love additionally texted the woman to “come again and discuss to me,” the courtroom docs said.
Love ultimately apologized — however handed her $100 in $20 payments whereas asking her to maintain quiet about it, the affidavit alleged.
Texts between Love and Krause additionally confirmed that they mentioned the coed as early as April to see “if she's not feeling it,” the affidavit claimed.
Love — who can be a speech therapist for the college district — later instructed police that the money was not “hush cash” however to assist the coed purchase a brand new cellphone, the affidavit said.
Love and Krause are each dealing with a cost of intercourse trafficking of a minor, with Love additionally dealing with a depend of sexual grooming by a faculty worker. She was additionally placed on depart.
Each are presently in custody with bail for every set at $250,000. If convicted, they might withstand life in jail and lifelong placement on the state's intercourse offender checklist.
Love has labored as a transition coordinator and educator within the Academic Service Unit No. 11 for a number of years, wherein she travels to as many as 15 faculties within the south central a part of the state.
The coed and Love apparently had a historical past courting again to when the coed was in seventh grade, and the teenager practically moved in with Love throughout weekdays so she might attend one other district, authorities mentioned.
ESU-11 Administrator John Poppert mentioned that Love was positioned on administrative depart when officers grew to become conscious of the allegations.
“The ESU has cooperated absolutely with the Holdrege Police Division investigation. The administration additionally contacted the ESU's legal professional,” he mentioned. “We are going to proceed to work carefully with legislation enforcement, and we thank them for his or her efforts on this matter.”
