Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 14, 1993                   TAG: 9307140417
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV2   EDITION: NEW RIVER 
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DATELINE: PEARISBURG                                LENGTH: Short

GILES GRAND JURY INDICTS EX-TEACHER ON 4 SEX CHARGES 11 1 INDICTED INDICTED B

Myers, 27, of Ripplemead was arrested at Eastern Elementary after school hours Feb. 10. He was released on $15,000 bond.

He faces three charges of aggravated sexual battery and one charge of forcible sodomy. A court date has not been set.

Myers was a first-year teacher. He also was a scoutmaster and basketball and soccer coach in Giles County. Myers resigned from his teaching position in April.

No evidence was presented in Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court last month after Myers, who is represented by John Quigley of Christiansburg, waived his right to a preliminary hearing.

At least some of the incidents are alleged to have occurred at a Giles County cabin in January.

In addition to his teaching job, Myers was a basketball and soccer coach, assistant recreation director for the Town of Pearisburg and scoutmaster for Pearisburg's Boy Scout Troop 34.

He was removed from his position as assistant recreation director for the town shortly after his arrest. The district Boy Scout office in Charleston, W.Va., also removed Myers from his scoutmaster post.