In a story that should shock us, and yet has somehow become all-too-common, a crossdressing teacher who spent his free time as an activist for LGBTQ causes has been arrested for sex crimes against children.
Must be Thursday.
The Post Millennial reports that 32-year-old Robert Maurice Herzing, an English and journalism teacher at Waverly High School in Lansing, Michigan, has been charged with felony accosting a minor for immoral purposes, third-degree attempted criminal sexual conduct and using a computer to communicate with another to commit a crime.
Herzing’s arrest came as part of a months-long child predator sting, in which an Eaton County female detective posed as a 15-year-old boy on the gay hook-up app Grindr. Despite telling Herzing she was an underage boy, investigators said the teacher still requested photos and exchanged his number before arranging to meet in person. He was arrested at the Delta Township Library, where he’d shown up to meet the boy and go with him to his home. Upon searching his vehicle, police found condoms, lube, penis rubber rings, novelty handcuffs, and a knife.
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Which is just all manner of disturbing.
Photos of Herzing, who is gay and “married” to a man, reveal his penchant for crossdressing - including at school - though it’s not clear how he identified.
What is clear, however, is that he’s a pervert, and should never be within a mile of a kid.