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July 25th, 2008, 07:05 AM
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EVERETT, Wash – A private school principal from Arlington has been charged for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old student.
Mark Evan Brown, 37, is charged with one count of third-degree child rape.
Snohomish County prosecutors say Brown, the principal of Highland Christian School for three years, had exchanged hundreds of text messages and phone calls with the girl. Some of the messages encouraged the girl to run away from home.
On June 12, prosecutors say the girl took Brown up on the offer. He allegedly prepared a small, unused room at the school with a hide-a-bed and TV. He arranged for someone to pick her up and bring her to the school. That night, prosecutors say Brown gave the girl rum and had sexual contact with her.
The girl's parents thought she had run away and called police. They discovered the calls and text messages to and from Brown.
Detectives were able to track the girl down using a prepaid "go-phone." Court papers say she denied having sex with Brown up until Monday, when she admitted what happened.
Prosecutors also say Brown violated a protection order in which he was not allowed to have any contact with the girl. They have allegedly spoken three times on the phone since the order was made.
Brown arraigned Wednesday and has been booked into the Snohomish County Jail on $100,000 bail.
KING 5 first heard about these allegations against Brown a few weeks ago while detectives were investigating the case. We talked to him then and he told us he was just trying to protect this 14-year-old girl from committing suicide. He said that at no time was their relationship sexual.
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_072308WAB_arlington_school_student_rape_TP.84c0 ec4d.html
His ex-wife says she was one of his previous victims....
Brown's ex-wife Casey says Brown has victimized more children – and she was one of them.
A few months shy of her 15th birthday, Casey started dating Brown and quickly the relationship became sexual.
He was 26. "You never think at that age this is a wrong situation," she said. "He did ask me to keep it secret."
Eventually her family found out. They didn't feel good about it, but Casey was in love.
Five years later she and Brown got married.
But soon after, the relationship soured. Brown, then 32, was coaching wrestling at Concrete High School and Casey said he was spending time with cheerleaders and exchanging text messages.
"They were very inappropriate, very inappropriate communications to a minor," Casey said.
She suspected there was more and so did others who called police. The Skagit County Sheriff's Office began investigating Brown, but didn't find enough evidence to charge him with a crime.
But whatever had happened, the Concrete School District didn't like it, and fired him.
Then Casey left him.
http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_072408WAB_arlington_school_student_rape_LJ.87e6 bbf9.html
EVERETT, Wash – A private school principal from Arlington has been charged for allegedly having sex with a 14-year-old student.
Mark Evan Brown, 37, is charged with one count of third-degree child rape.
Snohomish County prosecutors say Brown, the principal of Highland Christian School for three years, had exchanged hundreds of text messages and phone calls with the girl. Some of the messages encouraged the girl to run away from home.
On June 12, prosecutors say the girl took Brown up on the offer. He allegedly prepared a small, unused room at the school with a hide-a-bed and TV. He arranged for someone to pick her up and bring her to the school. That night, prosecutors say Brown gave the girl rum and had sexual contact with her.
The girl's parents thought she had run away and called police. They discovered the calls and text messages to and from Brown.
Detectives were able to track the girl down using a prepaid "go-phone." Court papers say she denied having sex with Brown up until Monday, when she admitted what happened.
Prosecutors also say Brown violated a protection order in which he was not allowed to have any contact with the girl. They have allegedly spoken three times on the phone since the order was made.
Brown arraigned Wednesday and has been booked into the Snohomish County Jail on $100,000 bail.
KING 5 first heard about these allegations against Brown a few weeks ago while detectives were investigating the case. We talked to him then and he told us he was just trying to protect this 14-year-old girl from committing suicide. He said that at no time was their relationship sexual.
http://www.king5.com/localnews/stories/NW_072308WAB_arlington_school_student_rape_TP.84c0 ec4d.html
His ex-wife says she was one of his previous victims....
Brown's ex-wife Casey says Brown has victimized more children – and she was one of them.
A few months shy of her 15th birthday, Casey started dating Brown and quickly the relationship became sexual.
He was 26. "You never think at that age this is a wrong situation," she said. "He did ask me to keep it secret."
Eventually her family found out. They didn't feel good about it, but Casey was in love.
Five years later she and Brown got married.
But soon after, the relationship soured. Brown, then 32, was coaching wrestling at Concrete High School and Casey said he was spending time with cheerleaders and exchanging text messages.
"They were very inappropriate, very inappropriate communications to a minor," Casey said.
She suspected there was more and so did others who called police. The Skagit County Sheriff's Office began investigating Brown, but didn't find enough evidence to charge him with a crime.
But whatever had happened, the Concrete School District didn't like it, and fired him.
Then Casey left him.
http://www.king5.com/topstories/stories/NW_072408WAB_arlington_school_student_rape_LJ.87e6 bbf9.html