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Montague teacher facing sex crime charges turns self in

Posted at 5:15 PM, Apr 02, 2017
and last updated 2017-04-02 17:16:07-04

Ryan Wright (Muskegon Co. Jail)

MONTAGUE, Mich. — A Montague High School physical education teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a studentturned himself into police on Saturday, jail records confirm.

The Muskegon County Prosecutor’s Office issued a charge of third degree criminal sexual conduct against Ryan Wright on Friday. The crime is alleged to have happened between June 16, 2016, and Feb. 27, 2017, at the high school, according to the prosecutor’s office.

Wright, who was in Florida at the time the charges were issued, was given 24 hours to turn himself in to authorities.

He is expected to be arraigned in court on Monday.

School officials worked with Montague Police and Michigan State Police as soon as the allegations surfaced in late February. Wright was then placed on paid administrative leave.