A member of the Metropolitan School District of Boone Township was arrested Thursday on a felony charge of child solicitation after allegedly trying to meet up with a 14-year-old girl.
Shawn Ensign, 47, of Hebron, who began his four-year term on the school board on Jan. 1, 2021, is in custody at the Elkhart County Correctional Complex, where he is being held on a $10,000 surety bond, according to the jail website. He has a May 18 court date.
According to a probable cause document, a representative of Bikers Against Predators provided to police a “burner phone” with a text message conversation on the app MeetMe, purportedly between “Payton” and Ensign, who is charged with a Level 5 felony. Ensign, according to the document, said he didn’t remember if they talked about anything other than cuddling and were going to meet Thursday to “have coffee, sit in the car and talk.”
The district, Brooks said, is monitoring the police investigation and consulting with legal counsel and will take action as soon as it is appropriate to do so. He said he was sorry and that “it will never happen again,” but the representative from Bikers Against Predators wonders aloud, “How can I believe that?”
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