Former school security chief gets 18-month sentence for sexual abuse of student
Yantsos, a former New York City police officer, had worked for the school system for a decade and led the security team at Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville since 2008.
In spring 2016, he became increasingly close to a female student. He bought her gifts — a North Face jacket, Ugg boots, a diamond pendant necklace for Christmas, a ring for Valentine’s Day — and bestowed at least some of the items while at school. Around December 2016, they met every couple of days to “hang out.”
Their outward interactions, at school, caught the attention of school officials. Yantsos received several write-ups for “the inappropriate close contact that he had with the victim at the school leading up to these events,” prosecutors would later say in court.
In March, Yantsos picked the teenager up from her home about 10 p.m. one Friday and took her to the hotel in Rockville. After they engaged in sex, he brought her home.
The teenager’s mother discovered the relationship April 3 and went to the high school to report it, according to prosecutors and court documents.
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Police say when Yantsos saw the student’s mother arrive at the school to speak with school staff, he quickly met up with the teenager, retrieved an iPhone she used to communicate with him and left the school. Detectives later charged him with one count of sex abuse of a minor and one count of fourth-degree sex offense. The latter charge was dropped as part of the plea agreement.
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