Saturday, July 28, 2012

Teacher Indicted On Sexual Abuse

{Matewan, West Virginia}...James Hiram Keatley II, 47, a math teacher and boys basketball and football coach at Matewan Middle School, has been indicted on charges that he sexually abused two underage students. Keatley was suspended with pay in December when State Police began investigating allegations he groped, kissed and made inappropriate comments to two female students, who were 15 years old, in front of others, including a teacher who reported it to Principal Shannon Blackburn. The incidents allegedly occurred from September to November 2011. His trial is set for October in Mingo County.