![]() ![]() While I cannot go into details about the victim, I can confirm that the abuse involved one student who was not in her classroom or a current student at Harding. She was arrested today and charged with sexual abuse involving a student. “There has been an on-going criminal investigation over the past several weeks involving one of our former teachers, Makenzie Johnson. In the statement, Harding Principal Joy Linquist said: The school district notified Harding Middle School families about the incident this morning. The judge ordered that she not have any contact with minors under the age of 18.ĭes Moines Public Schools released a statement saying they are working with law enforcement and Johnson is no longer employed by the district she resigned May 17. Johnson made her first appearance in jail court Friday morning. The complaint says nothing more happened in the incident because Johnson’s husband unexpectedly walked into the room. Johnson then asked if the victim wanted to have sex and if she could perform oral sex on him. Johnson allegedly touched the victim’s thigh and the victim told her to move her hand because it made him uncomfortable. The complaint also said Johnson sent the victim nude topless photos of herself using Snapchat.Īnother incident happened at Johnson’s home in March or April, when she and the victim were watching TV. She then asked if she could perform oral sex on him and he declined. While Johnson was giving the 14-year-old victim a ride home from a sporting event in 2018, she pulled over into a parking lot and allegedly placed her hand on the victim’s thigh and rubbed his penis over his clothes. ![]() She is charged with lascivious acts with a child-solicitation, third-degree sex abuse, assault with intent to commit sexual abuse, dissemination of obscene materials to a minor, and two counts of solicitation to commit a felony.Īccording to criminal complaints in the case, the charges stem from incidents going back to November of 2018. Paul Parizek with the Des Moines Police Department tells Channel 13 that Johnson turned herself in early Friday morning and was booked into the Polk County Jail. Makenzie Johnson, 38, a former teacher at Harding Middle School is now facing serious charges after Des Moines police say she sexually abused a 14-year-old boy student. That’s because police say she sexually abused a 14-year-old student. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.ĭES MOINES, Iowa - A Des Moines teacher on leave for the past month won’t be returning the classroom. ![]() This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ![]()
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