Thursday, March 23, 2017 | 8 p.m.
Jeffrey Schultz
A middle school science teacher arrested this week asked three students what kind of underwear they were wearing — if any — before warning them that he’d heard boys talking about "girls' butts" and if something happened to them, they were “asking for it,” according to a Henderson police arrest report.
Jeffrey Schultz, 47, a Brown Middle School teacher, was arrested Tuesday and booked at the Henderson Detention Center on three counts of annoyance, molestation or indecency toward a minor, police said. He has since bailed out.
While employed with the Clark County School District, Schultz has been the subject of two previous disciplinary investigations, police said.
The Feb. 9 incident, which was reported to school administrators that day, began about 15 minutes before class was let out, police said.
Schultz approached the students, telling them he needed to talk to them for a few moments after class and that they weren’t in trouble, police said. Two boys tried to wait for the girls inside the class, but Schultz kicked them out.
One of the girls told investigators that Schultz asked them “what type of underwear (they) wear under their leggings. He said like do you wear regular underwear, a thong, a G-string? Do you even wear any?”
Afterward, Schultz told them that there were boys going around school talking about “girls’ butts” and that if something happened to them they were “asking for it,” adding that he was "looking out" for them, police said.
Shultz told detectives the conversation occurred, but his recollection of it differed from the students’ statements, which were similar and separately recorded, police said.
He said he’d asked one of the girls to stay behind, along with a second girl, because school policy prohibited teachers from having private conversations with only one person present, police said, adding that he was directing the conversation at only that girl.
Schultz told investigators that in recent days, he’d overheard at least one student in a crowded hallway make comments about wanting to rape or molest the girl, police said. He said he wasn’t able to find out which student had made the comments.
When asked why he didn’t report the comments to administrators, he said he was first trying to find out who the boy or boys were making the comments, police said. He further stated he'd left an administrator a voicemail saying he wanted to talk about one of his students.
The administrator told police he never received the call.
According to Schultz, he only wanted to give a "heads-up" to the girl about the comments so she could "change her attire," police said.
School administrators had twice in the past investigated Schultz on student complaints, police said.
In 2013 at Bailey Middle, students complained that Schultz had "made inappropriate conversations unrelated to school material with students," police said. Administrators recommended behavioral corrections.
About that incident, Schultz told detectives that the students wrongfully complained about something he did not do, police said.
In April 2016, a Brown Middle School student reported Schultz for allegedly making comments that made her feel "uncomfortable," police said. She further said Schultz on multiple occasions held her hand and rubbed her shoulders and back.
Behavioral corrections were again recommended and he signed a "write-up" document, police said. About the girl, Schultz said she is known as a student who "is notorious for getting teachers in trouble."
Further details on the status of Schultz's case were not readily available.
