PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — A Pilot Rock teacher has been indicted by a grand jury and has been arrested, facing 35 counts of sexual crimes after accusations he had inappropriate relationships with high school-age girls.
The Oregonian reports teacher and coach Kevin Mathew Nice was arrested without incident on Friday in Union County. He is now at Umatilla County Jail and is likely to be arraigned Monday.
The previous day, a Umatilla County Grand Jury indicted the 37-year-old Nice on multiple charges, including first-degree sodomy and first-degree sexual abuse, among others.
Nice had been under investigation since December 2009 when allegation of an inappropriate relationship with a student emerged. He had been a teacher for 12 years, and he coached baseball and football.
