Fired Bolingbrook middle school teacher facing charges for kissing, slapping student, police say
Brian Finn and two other Valley View School District were fired following an internal investigation earlier this month.
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (WLS) -- A former south suburban middle school teacher is facing charges for allegedly kissing and slapping a teenage student, police said.
Bolingbrook police said 61-year-old Lockport man Brian Finn has turned himself in to the court and is facing two counts of battery for inappropriately touching a 14-year-old student.
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Police started investigating Finn on April 8, when they received a report that he had engaged in inappropriate communication with a Valley View School District student.
Police said Finn kissed the teen on the lips and proceeded to inappropriately touch the child. At the time, Finn was a music teacher at Brooks Middle School.
According to district board documents, he was fired by the school along with another teacher and a staff member earlier this month.
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In a statement to ABC7, a spokesperson for the school's district said, "[the district] immediately started an internal investigation and placed the initial staff member on administrative leave. During the course of the investigation, allegations of misconduct against additional employees surfaced."
The district has now put the case in the hands of police.
A pre-trial date has been set for Finn, but it was not yet clear when that will be.
Police did not immediately provide further information.
