School board member charged in sex assaults

Sadly, teachers having sex with students has become commonplace in our society. And we keep hearing about teacher's aides and custodians and administrators preying on students. But I can't recall seeing anything like this before.

A member of the Owen J. Roberts School Board in affluent Chester County, Pa., has been charged with sexual assault involving two girls, one of them believed to be a minor. (The alleged assaults did not take place in school, but the arrest has sent shockwaves through the school district.)

Keith E. Fulmer, 44, was elected to a four-year term on the school board last November. Up until his arrest Monday, Fulmer was a well-known local businessman and father of six children, four of whom attend OJR schools.

Fulmer is charged with involuntary deviate sexual assault, statutory sexual assault, indecent assault, aggravated indecent assault, attempted sexual assault, endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors.

After his arraignment, Fulmer was taken by police to the Chester County Prison, where he was being held in lieu of $150,000 cash bail.

Read the full story in today's edition of The Mercury.