Flat Rock Middle employee arrested, terminated on charges of having registered sex offender on campus
A Flat Rock Middle School employee has been terminated after her arrest by the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office on charges of having a registered sex offender on campus, according to police.
The Sheriff’s Office was notified Dec. 16 that Maria Edina Walker is married to a registered sex offender, Jeffery Lynn Walker, and that he had been seen in a vehicle on the school campus, according to a HCSO news release. It is illegal for a registered sex offender to be on school property at any time.
“We immediately notified the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office, and began an internal investigation in cooperation with law enforcement,” McGowan Gorsuch said in the statement. “As a result of that investigation, we confirmed that the individual in question, Jeffery Lynn Walker, is a registered sex offender and that at Maria Walker’s invitation, he had been on the Flat Rock Middle campus.
“Ms. Walker’s actions were grossly inappropriate and inexcusable. We immediately terminated Maria Walker from employment for her actions, which are a violation of state law and Board policy. … We will continue to investigate this matter to ensure the safety of all Flat Rock Middle students and staff.”
[FAC NOTE: The husband’s offense took place more than 20 years ago, adjudication was withheld]
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Of course, the great irony here is that what he did is not even a crime where this new “offense” took place. He was convicted of the exact same thing I was – F.S. 794.05(1) — for having sexual activity with a 16 or 17-year-old when he was in what appears to be his mid-to-late 20s. The age of consent in North Carolina is 16. So he is looking at years in prison for being inside a car in a parking lot at a school when what he did is not even a crime in that parking lot. That’s crazy if you think about it.
Maria Edina Walker, 50, was charged with two counts of felony aid and abet sex offender unlawfully on premises and jailed on a $30,000 bond.
Saddest thing I’ve read all year…
What a politically driven, fear mongering joke SORNA is.
This was the the state’s statute that is to blame, not SORNA.
Respectfully – I would disagree. If SORNA isn’t in place, there wouldn’t be the state statute.. what would be the incentive to have the insane law in the first place?
Many states had registries in place prior to SORNA/AWA (2006) or even the Jacob Wetterling Act (1994).
Florida’s registry was enacted in 1997, almost a decade before SORNA.
The things happening in this country make the things that happen under Korea’s Kim Jong Un’s rule look civilized. All he does Is kill people for watching K-Pop Videos. Here they destroy there families as well for doing far less than that.
My guess is he was picking her up from work and probably has been for some time.
To all the Police that arrested these 2,
{BIG BUST BOYS} The nit wits you are working for will probably give you a promotion and more pay.
R Raff…
I could only imagine having to living like that in FLori-Duh!
Perhaps He Knew, Perhaps He did not know
But the Bottom Line in FLori-Duh and in any other State Jurisdiction, You gotta know the laws…BUT….and in FLori-Duh, everything is based on Strict Liability of the Law…So, You are screwed both ways and on Sunnnny—-days!
In Maryland registrants can’t be on school grounds all year even during the summer. It sucks because some farmer’s market are on school property. Seriously what do they think I’ll do get urges being around produce.
Brandon, They might approve me to go to the farmers market. Have to get rid of the bananas and cucumbers so I don’t get urges.
Kidding of course but how ridiculous is this.
So, we cannot go to a farmer’s market when the school is closed, but what stops any of us from ravishing the population at the places we CAN go to? I cannot go on nextdoor but I can look at porn? I can’t be at a school bus stop but the kids get dropped off just feet from our house. We cannot go to many parks, and a list of other places. Again doesn’t this sound a lot like probation?
Name any other group or class of people in the U.S who are NOT on probation that has cops come check on you 4 times a year and sometimes randomly “Just because they can” other times.
CherokeeJack
I better not have visions of you at farmer’s markets touching the firmness of cucumbers, melons, avocados, and other produce you have to check out before going bad. Hint if you see fruit flies run!!
Here I can pretty much go anywhere. In October my mom was admitted to the hospital, so I asked if there were any restrictions and there aren’t any. Grateful I live in a sane state even if we get snow. If I can handle Minnesota winters I can handle Maryland. By the way I’m not Canadian Don’t ya know, a!!
Couldn’t the resource officer see if he was there to pick up his wife or drop something off for her? Now his wife is unemployed all because of her spouse being in a car on school property. If registrants can’t be on school property why make us pay for their taxes.
Brandon
I just got through reading the entire Florida statues on Sex offense law and requirements and my head is spinning. I can understand why some judges make mistakes (Although that can screw someone for life) in sentencing or appeals concerning sex offenses. The statues at times even seem to contradict themselves. There are numerous sub sections to sub sections.
That is why you have to be careful what lawyer you hire when going on an appeal for relief. If you hire and “One stop” shop attorney who does it all, you are not going to win. I think in my opinion, that most of the lawmakers couldn’t tell you what half of the registration laws mean. Who can do what, when and where and why.
And the public is even worse. I get told by the neighbors all the time I can’t be living so close to a school bus stop. I tell them that I lived here before that bus stop was even created. Funny, they moved the bus stop one street farther, but the kids still have to walk past my house to get home LOL AND after school they play right in front of my house. Insanity people.
CherokeeJack
Insanity happens when laws are passed quickly with no or little debates just to appease the public or make a name for oneself. If lawmakers can’t tell you in plan English what a law requires how can anymore else. I’ll watch out for any spinning heads in Maryland, wait that’s CherokeeJack from Florida!!
CherokeeJack
Just admit you have a trunk or telegraph ( I believe you posted you had a flip phone, so I chose telegraph instead of a laptop) of all Florida statues, ordinances, and case law. Confession is good for the soul.
No offense and don’t throw a cheeseburger or produce at me.
Brandon
Actually Ill admit I lied to sound cool. One day I dream of getting a new shiny flip phone. For now I have to pull a “Green Acres” and climb the telephone pole to make a call. (Need to check if that is a registry violation)
* Sorry if you are too young to remember Green Acres. One of my favorite shows. I think when the show ended, to celebrate they made bacon sandwiches out of Arnold Ziffel . LOL
** Man I feel old now
CherokeeJack
“Green Acres is the place to be. “
Might want to look up if you can’t ascend to a certain length, otherwise you maybe in violation of the Soaring ACT under subsection telephone/ election poles.
Could you imagine if that was a law? Nothing surprises me anymore including tramping over the Constitution.
Hmm ? Anybody think to ask why he was there ? Might they only have one car and he had to pick her up from work ? Or maybe her car broke down and he had to pick her up. Especially since according to the way its written it don’t appear he ever got out of the car if that’s the case it is un excuse able that they only have one car (sarcasm meant ) or how dare her car break down and her call her husband to pick her up what a threat to society ! sar-
casm
Tim
Unfortunately, depending on the judge he gets, He/She is likely to use the “My hands are tied due to the Law” excuse. I already knew what I am about to say but this confirms it. Most judges are not up on what they can and cannot do concerning sentencing of registry violations and leave it up to you to spend 1000s of dollars in appeals.
To that point, recently someone on here won a release from the registry. Having said that, they said it almost didn’t happen. The judge tried to say the AWA (Adam Walsh Act) prevents them from being removed. Fortunately, that person had an attorney who knew the law and challenged the judge with proof that it cannot be applied Retro-actively.
I would have never gone to prison if I had a lawyer who was not afraid of a judge. I do like the lawyer I had, he cared about me but was afraid of the judge and crumbled under pressure to the point of getting sick and having to leave the courtroom. How do you think I felt? I should have asked for a change of venue but at the time, had no idea what that was.
You get ONE chance at this, don’t screw it up.