JCPS middle school teacher charged with seeking sex with a minor

Courier Journal

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A JCPS middle school teacher is charged with seeking sex with a minor, Attorney General Andy Beshear announced on Thanksgiving Day.

Brandon Lee Dietz, 37, a full-time teacher with Jefferson County Public Schools, was arrested Wednesday when he traveled to a location in Louisville to have sex with a person he believed to be a minor, officials said.

On his LinkedIn page, Dietz stated he teaches grades 6-8 career choices and consumerism at Frederick Law Olmsted Academy North, an all-boys public school.

Beshear's office issued a statement saying Dietz also is a girls softball coach in Louisville, though it didn't specify where.

Dietz is accused of asking the person he thought was a minor to send him sexual images over the internet before discussing meeting to perform sex acts, Beshear said in a news release.

Dietz is charged with one count of seeking sex with a minor online, a felony. He remained jailed Thursday with a $25,000 cash bond.

Cyber crimes investigators with Beshear's office teamed with Jeffersontown Police and the U.S. Secret Service to work the case.