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RAVENNA — If Evan Daniel Emory wanted his 15 minutes of fame, he got it.

But being arrested on a 20-year felony Tuesday probably wasn’t what he had in mind.

Emory, 21, who authorities say “victimized” an entire Ravenna first-grade classroom on Jan. 12, was arrested late Tuesday, charged with manufacturing child sexual abusive material, a 20-year felony.

Emory was lodged in the Muskegon County Jail and authorities say an arrest warrant will be issued early Wednesday. Prior to his arrest Monday, Emory told WOOD-TV 8 he deceived school officials because if he would have told them what he planed, "they would never have let me do it."

A LETTER TO PARENTS

Muskegon County Prosecutor Tony Tague said what Emory did

classroom last month is “disturbing.”

It was also criminal, Tague said.

“The bottom line in this case is that he walked into a classroom and took advantage and victimized every single child in that classroom,” Tague said.

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“This case is very disturbing to law enforcement officials. We have launched a full-fledged investigation with the sheriff.”

Tague said Michigan law "provides penalty" for those who actually manufacture child sexual abusive material "but also has a provision for those who make it appear that the children were actually abused."

Tague estimates there were about 20 to 30 children in the classroom that day.

The YouTube (account found here) posting, removed from the Internet late Tuesday, shows 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.

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.”

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.

Ravenna Public Schools Superintendent John VanLoon, confirmed to The Chronicle that Emory did not actually sing the lyrics to the class; It appears that way only through editing of the video posted to YouTube, which already has been removed from the site.

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.

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.

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 scanned the audience of smiling children and every child’s face was recognizable.

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.

E-mail: hpeters@muskegonchronicle.com



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