Police have arrested a Kentucky teacher on a charge of first-degree sexual abuse involving a child under age 12.
Richard Marzec, 41, is employed as a teacher in the Nelson County school system, but the alleged abuse happened in Boyle County, where Marzec is charged.
The website of the Boyle County Jail says Marzec was arrested and booked into the jail Friday, with the Danville Police Department as the arresting agency. The jail site lists the charge against Marzec, but provides no details.
The detectives on the case were not available for comment Saturday morning, and the citation in the case has not been logged into the court system website.
However, Danville police Sgt. Brandon Record said Saturday that to his knowledge, the charge involves a victim who was not a student at school where Marzec was employed. That is not to say the investigation could not turn up additional information.
Timothy Crawford, attorney for the Nelson County Board of Education, confirmed Marzec’s employment in the district.
Crawford said the school system took action as soon as it learned of the charge Friday evening, suspending Marzec from work and barring him from being on school property.
A Facebook page with Marzec’s name and photo lists him as a social studies teacher at Old Kentucky Home Middle School in Bardstown.
The jail site did not list a defense attorney for Marzec.
