GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — Former Ravenna Public School teacher, Paul Masko faces 4 charges after being arrested for having an inappropriate relationship with a student.
Ottawa County Courts released the list to FOX 17 Wednesday morning:
Charges against former high school special education teacher, Paul Masko:
COUNT 1: CHILD SEXUALLY ABUSIVE MATERIAL - POSSESSION
COUNT 2: CHILD SEXUALLY ABUSIVE MATERIAL - POSSESSION
COUNT 3: COMPUTERS - USING TO COMMIT A CRIME - MAXIMUM IMPRISONMENT OF 4 YEARS OR MORE BUT LESS THAN 10 YEARS
COUNT 4: COMPUTERS - USING TO COMMIT A CRIME - MAXIMUM IMPRISONMENT OF 4 YEARS OR MORE BUT LESS THAN 10 YEARS
Masko was arrested February 7 after an investigation into claims that surfaced on January 30th.
Ravenna Public Schools Superintendent advised the community with a post on social media, stating the former teacher was put on administrative leave when the investigation started and resigned the day of the arrest.
Now court records show Masko had multiple explicit photos of the student on his phone. He is also accused of bringing that student to his home for a weekend to have sex with her.
The 53-year-old became the target of investigators after a report was made to Children and Protective Services in late January. The student's sister reported the teen admitted to going to the teacher's house in Grand Haven and having sex with him.
When first interviewed by police, both Masko and the student denied the allegations. However the same day detectives spotted Masko driving the student to her home in the Muskegon area. The teacher claimed he spotted the student walking on the side of the road and offered to give her a ride home.
However, surveillance cameras captured Masko leaving his interview with police and find the student. The two were recorded going into the teacher's lounge for ten minutes before leaving school.
A follow up interview with the student's mother revealed the teen had gone to Masko's house for a weekend in mid-January. The mom told investigators she only learned after the visit that the teacher's wife wasn't home the whole time.
Detectives used search warrants to seize the phones of both the teacher and student, finding more evidence they had spent time together at the home. They also found explicit images of the teen on Masko's phone, all taken during school hours across three months in 2024, according to court records.
In a second round of interviews, both Masko and the student admitted to the weekend spent at his house, but denied the accusations they had sex.
School records pulled by detectives show the teacher and student both skipped school the Friday of that weekend; Masko called out the night before, the student had an unexcused absence.
Masko is scheduled to be formally arraigned on Thursday.
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