A Kelowna, B.C., teacher is facing a charge of child luring in the aftermath of a months-long investigation.
Mounties said in a Monday press release that, starting in May, their officers initiated an investigation involving allegations that a teacher engaged in inappropriate communication with a student. Last week, charges were approved.
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“Based on the information that was reviewed by the Kelowna Sex Crimes Unit, the teacher was arrested and placed on a number of conditions pending further investigation,” RCMP said in a press release.
“The BC Prosecution Service has approved a charge against Jeffrey Allen Jennens, contrary to Section 172.1 of the Criminal Code – Luring a Child.”
Jennens, who was a teacher at Rutland Senior Secondary School, is scheduled to appear in Kelowna Provincial Court on Aug. 21.
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