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Winston-Salem, NC – Mark Mercer, a 23-year-old math teacher and girl’s volleyball coach at Jefferson Middle School, was charged Tuesday with multiple counts of statutory rape and other offenses after being accused of having sex with two 14-year-old female students. According to authorities, the alleged incidents occurred off campus between October 1 and December 28. The investigation began when a parent of one of the girls discovered nearly 1,000 text messages between Mercer and the teen. Said parent could see the number of texts between the two, but could not read them. A few days later, another parent stepped forward with similar accusations against Mercer. At that point, police had enough evidence against Mercer to make an arrest. David Freedman, Mercer’s attorney, said Mercer turned himself in, consented to a search of his home and submitted a DNA sample. ”He was very cooperative with authorities,” Freedman said. Mercer is now facing 13 counts of first-degree statutory rape, eight counts of felony sex offense with a student and eight counts of taking indecent liberties. Bond has been set at a hefty $1.2 million. Compare that, if you will, to Ashley Blumenshine’s paltry $70,000 bond.

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  • Anonymous

    What is with this teacher and the female teacher? Both appear to be fairly hot, but what’s with the teenager thing? Is this why they became teachers.

    Illinois seems a lot more lenient than North Carolina or is there some type of discrimination going on?

  • Anonymous

    Explain to me why Blummenshine & this douchsnozzle couldn’t meet & bang each other instead of the kids?

  • Pyncky

    I think the discrepancy in the bail is because society’s view of the difference between boys and girls. A lot of people would say the boy was getting lucky but the girls were molested.

  • Anonymous

    Not being a pedo myself, I ‘m not sure I can account for why these idiots finds kids attractive or how they manage to ignore the clearly articulated fact that having sex with students, particularly those under the age of 18 is a surefire way to lose your job, your freedom, and any social standing/public dignity you might have thought you had.

    I think there are just some people who haven’t grown up and thus see little difference between the kids and themselves.

    Hey dumba$$(es), they are NOT YOUR PEERS! The are not in your dating pool. YOU have been to college. YOU have a professional license. YOU are in a position of trust. Oh yeah, and YOU are going to jail asshole.

  • Anonymous

    Not being a pedo myself, I ‘m not sure I can account for why these idiots finds kids attractive or how they manage to ignore the clearly articulated fact that having sex with students, particularly those under the age of 18 is a surefire way to lose your job, your freedom, and any social standing/public dignity you might have thought you had.

    I think there are just some people who haven’t grown up and thus see little difference between the kids and themselves.

    Hey dumba$$(es), they are NOT YOUR PEERS! The are not in your dating pool. YOU have been to college. YOU have a professional license. YOU are in a position of trust. Oh yeah, and YOU are going to jail asshole.

  • Athena

    Actually, dude’s not a pedo, so much. At 14, it’s safe to say these gals had been through puberty, and it’s completely natural for a male to be attracted to any post-pubescent female. After all, we ARE animals. However, as a society, we’ve determined these relationships to be unacceptable for social reasons… primarily because marriage ain’t what it used to be, which means the girl’s parents are ultimately responsible for any bi-products of such relations.

    So, it boils down to impulse control. The psychology behind it is not much different than, say, thieves. We are biologically programmed to hoard resources, but as a society, we have determined that stealing said resources is wrong. As a result, we must fight impulse. Most of us are successful. Some of us, like this man, are not.

    Dude abused his position of power, which is what makes this especially bad. A nice stint in prison, where others abuse their power on the regular, should straighten him out.

  • Anonymous

    The term is ephebophilia

  • Anonymous

    I have always been attracted to younger men. My brother has actually always been attracted to older women. As I get older, I still like them younger. Not in a relationship kind of way though. I refuse to go under the age of 18. If he’s in high school…forget it. For one, it’s pretty much illegal (try proving consent) and two, the idea is disgusting to me. Although, some 18 yr old men look 14 and others look 22. I know that girls are dressing more provocative and are developing faster these days. Older women are also looking younger longer. However, fourteen is just not right unless you are also 14. Especially a teacher. If you want someone “younger but legal”, there are other ways to find them than the school you work at. OR find someone in their 20′s who looks young. Not that hard to do.

  • Southern Lady

    I always went for older men (I lost my virginity at the age of 14 to a guy who was 25, not a good thing), but somehow when I was in my forties, I married a man 14 years younger than me. Thing is, he’s a man, not a teenager. When I look at anyone under 20, they seem like children to me, ephebophilia be damned.

  • Anonymous

    Southern Lady,

    I went for the older guys, too. I met a 19 year old guy when I was 13 and convinced him that I was 17. Lucky for him, he found out my real age and split before things progressed past first base.

  • Anonymous

    Southern Lady,

    I went for the older guys, too. I met a 19 year old guy when I was 13 and convinced him that I was 17. Lucky for him, he found out my real age and split before things progressed past first base.

  • Anonymous

    Intertesting point about the offspring…

    If you put the violation of being in a trusted positions aside, I’d have far less issue with him having a relationship with a 16 year old, provided he married her in the traditional, miserable, shotgun style we might have once expected of him. After all, when you engage in adult activities, you gotta expect the consequences to be of the adult caliber.

    14 makes me a bit queasy…I see these girls 5 days a week and though they might have been several years past the physical stufff, they really are too young to realize what a can of worms they have opened.

  • Southern Lady

    I can’t believe the stuff we got away with. And my mother preferred me dating older guys. She said they all wanted the same thing, but that the older ones were more responsible while driving cars. She wouldn’t let me double date either, for the same reason.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_V3KEY54KPPN4NZ2YVQ2NVJWF44 Hobbit

    I remember one occasion that I was wearing sweats and as I was walking towards a young lady in my classroom she in fact extended her arm out as if she was yawning clearly aiming her cupped hand under my testicles and actually tickling them as I approached! This made not only her give me a seductive smile but also her girlfriends sitting around her. I believe they were all in cahoots with each other and I was the one left standing there embarrassed but with a bit of a queasy feeling.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jennifer.w.thorn Jennifer Williams Thorn

    hahahaHobbit! That was a pretty good one…They specifically picked you because of the sweats. How easy is it to hide the results of what she did with sweats on?????? LOL!! Hope you enjoyed and weren’t too mortified!

  • http://www.facebook.com/jennifer.w.thorn Jennifer Williams Thorn

    Yeh—This guy teacher is hot, and I am sure these girlies have considered it a conquest- and complimentary- that an “older man” would want them. Like Athena said, these girls have hit puberty, and they have the urges to take care of- either themselves, or some teenage kid- boy or girl- that may or may not know WTH they are doing…

    The way I justified (to myself!) dating all the older guys when I was that age was that they KNEW what made things feel good! Not just for them, but for me too!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5WYTW5UWWTGEKN4L2HBZ7I4E5E Zazen

    20 years ago, we had an art teacher like that in both middle school and again in high school. Same guy. Got busted for messing with a 7th grader and moved from the middle school to the high school–in the same school district. So then, after getting moved to the high school, he had sex with two female 11th graders (one of which was a good friend). Then he got quietly let go from the high school when that was found out, and I hear he’s teaching in Arizona now.

    At least they’re actually busting these pervs now, instead of sweeping it under the carpet.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_5WYTW5UWWTGEKN4L2HBZ7I4E5E Zazen

    20 years ago, we had an art teacher like that in both middle school and again in high school. Same guy. Got busted for messing with a 7th grader and moved from the middle school to the high school–in the same school district. So then, after getting moved to the high school, he had sex with two female 11th graders (one of which was a good friend). Then he got quietly let go from the high school when that was found out, and I hear he’s teaching in Arizona now.

    At least they’re actually busting these pervs now, instead of sweeping it under the carpet.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WUSPJ56WM63ZAO7MYQGILWWWPM aliceinchainsboy

    sounds like a menage a troi.. yeesh 1000 texts to just the one girl alone?  busy teacher, must have been Algebra

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_WUSPJ56WM63ZAO7MYQGILWWWPM aliceinchainsboy

    sounds like a menage a troi.. yeesh 1000 texts to just the one girl alone?  busy teacher, must have been Algebra