By Paul Walsh. A former teacher at a charter high school in St. Paul has been charged with having numerous sexual encounters with a student shortly after he was fired for paying too much attention to her. Brandon M. Bunney, 41, of Savage, was charged in Ramsey County District Court last week with third-degree criminal sexual conduct in connection with him having sex with the year-old girl starting last year.
Court records do not list an attorney for him. A message was left with Bunney seeking his response to the allegations. Our leadership has proactively cooperated with law enforcement throughout the process.
HCPA conducts thorough background checks on all teachers and staff. Bunney they contact HCPA leadership or law enforcement. Rumors of an out-of-bounds relationship began to circulate around the school in the spring of , prompting school officials to tell Bunney repeatedly to stop texting with the girl.
The school then fired him in May. Following his firing, Bunney began spending more time with the girl and sending sexually suggestive texts to her. The girl told police they had sexual encounters in his car over the summer, then had sex at his home. Bunney lived in Apple Valley at the time. Some of the encounters also occurred in St. Paul in the block of E.
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