Update 4 p.m.:

The YouTube video has been removed by the user.

RAVENNA — Authorities are reviewing a video posted on YouTube of a Fruitport man singing what appears to be provocative lyrics to a classroom of first-graders at Beechnau Elementary School in Ravenna.



The posting shows Evan Emory, sitting on a chair in front of a group of young children, playing a guitar and singing a song about having sex and doing sexual things.

Authorities initially weren't sure whether Emory actual sang the lyrics full of sexual innuendo to the class or did some sort of voice-over editing when he posted the video. The school superintendent confirmed to The Chronicle that Emory did not actually sing the lyrics to the class; It appears that way only through editing.

A LETTER TO PARENTS

Either way, Muskegon County Sheriff Dean Roesler said the video is disturbing and a “family member” of one of the students immediately alerted school officials to the video.

School officials then alerted police, Roesler said.

“We are aware of it and we’re conducting an investigation,” Roesler said.

School Superintendent John VanLoon said Emory visited the first-grade class seen on the video at the elementary school on Jan. 12. Emory had come in contact with the school because he was an acquaintance of that class's teacher, VanLoon said.

The lyrics in the video are not what he sang to the students, VanLoon said. Emory actual performed the song "'Lunch Lady Land' under the direct supervision of the teacher," VanLoon said in a letter he sent out to all parents.

“I’m outraged that he’s taken a video and edited it to make it appear that he did those actions and said those things in front of students, which he did not. It’s absolutely ridiculous,” VanLoon said. “We are currently working with law enforcement on this issue.”

Emory, 5735 E. Summit, had "informed the teacher that he wanted to video himself singing to the class as a portion of his portfolio to help him gain admission to a Big Ten School of Education," VanLoon said in the letter.

Emory, who indicates on his Facebook page that he goes to Muskegon Community College, could not be reached for comment. VanLoon said Emory graduated from Ravenna Public Schools.

At the beginning of the video, Emory is seen standing at a blackboard writing, “Disclaimer: No children were exposed to the “Graphic Content” of this video.”

Some of the sexual lyrics in the song include:

“I like the way you make your body move. C’mon, girl...See how long it takes to make your panties mine...I’ll add some foreplay in just to make it fun. I want to stick my index finger in your anus.”

The camera in the posted video scans the audience of smiling children and every child's face is recognizable.

Assuming the video is the result of clever editing on Emory’s part, the sheriff said, they would like to find out how and why “he did this.”

“It’s all part of the investigation. As soon as it was brought to our attention, we looked into it and we’re working directly with the Muskegon County Prosecutor’s Office.”

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