LISBON (ME)
NEWS CENTER Maine
September 26, 2018
By Beth McEvoy and Chris Costa
Derek Michael Boyce was a teacher at Pine Tree Academy in Freeport. Police said they are investigating his relationship with a 15-year-old female student from the school.
A 37-year-old teacher is behind bars for allegedly having a relationship with a 15-year-old student.
Police arrested Derek Michael Boyce on September 21, and charged him with one count of gross sexual assault. Boyce was a teacher at Pine Tree Academy in Freeport which is a Seventh-day Adventist school for grades K–12.
Lisbon Police Chief Marc Hagan said they believe that Boyce and the student had an ongoing relationship.
”It was more than one incident. It appears to be an ongoing situation,” said Chief Hagan.
According to court documents obtained by the Sun Journal, Boyce told police his relationship with the girl began after she sustained a sports injury and had been depressed. He said they messaged each other over social media. He told police the relationship started in May, and turned sexual in July. He said they met in a park and performed oral sex on each other. Boyce told police they had sexual intercourse twice.
Boyce told police the sexual contact was always consensual and that no drugs nor alcohol were involved.
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