Married teacher, 38, ‘smuggled groomed girl, 14, in BIN into closed school after bombarding her with intimate texts’
A MARRIED middle school teacher has been accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old student he allegedly smuggled into a Utah school when it was closed to pupils.
Lucas Sloan Talley taught at South Hills Middle School for 12 years, during which he allegedly "had personal contact" with multiple girls via text messages and emails.
Talley allegedly planned to meet his teen victim at the middle school twice when students weren't allowed in due to and smuggled her in via a black and yellow Sterilite storage bin.
"Lucas placed the Sterilite bin (with the female victim inside of the bin) on a dolly device and wheeled the girl into his classroom,” according to the affidavit.
He then allegedly shut and locked the classroom door.
That's when he allegedly started chatting with the teen girl daily during weekdays.
The court doc also says Talley "knew he was overstepping his teacher role but his interactions with the female victim were a type of therapy for him."
The accused perv began an "emotional relationship" with the 14-year-old girl during the 2019-20 school year and confided in her about his marriage troubles as well as his struggles with anxiety and depression, police said.
According to the affidavit, Talley started taking treats to the girl's home and the two spent "hours" inside her home, where police said he allegedly hugged and touched her inappropriately multiple times.
"The female victim was scared something sexual was about to happen and felt uncomfortable and did not want to be in this setting with Lucas," officers wrote in their report.
Talley was arrested and booked into Salt Lake County Jail on Friday.
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He was charged with two counts of kidnapping.
Cops requested that Talley be held without bail due to his mental health issues, according to the court docs.