Docs: Cop poses as teen, busts teacher

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A Franklin Township teacher is facing seven felony charges of causing a child to view sexual activity, according to court documents from Wisconsin.

Bob Roach, a teacher at Middle School East, was in the Marion County Jail Wednesday on warrants out of Wisconsin. The school placed him on leave.

An undercover officer started an online relationship with Roach, pretending to be a 15-year-old girl, according to court documents. Roach’s online conversations with who he thought was a teenage girl were detailed in the Wisconsin court documents. The conversations got particularly sexual.

On multiple occasions, Roach used a webcam to show the undercover officer his genitalia, including times when he was touching himself, court documents said.

Roach intended to meet with who he thought he was talking to, but backed out after overhearing conversations about a coach in the news for having sex with boys, according to court documents. Then, he worried he was a bad person and backed out. But, the sexual conversations continued online and Roach told the person online that they would still meet at some point.

The teacher’s charges are based out of Jefferson County in Wisconsin, which is between Milwaukee and Madison.