By Associated Press - Monday, March 13, 2017

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Police in Charlotte have charged a former teacher at a preschool with six counts of indecent liberties with a child in connection with a pair of incidents.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said in a statement Monday that its Crimes Against Children Unit was notified on March 7 of a forcible fondling incident at the Primrose School of Ballantyne involving an 8-year-old boy.

During the investigation, detectives learned that a 7-year-old boy was also fondled at the school. Both incidents occurred while 35-year-old Joseph Starnes was a teacher at the school.



Starnes was arrested on March 10. He’s being held in the Mecklenburg County jail under $180,000 bond. It’s not known if he has an attorney.

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