Joan Lavery Meyer Arrest: Photos And Facts

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Joan Lavery Meyer

Joan Lavery Meyer, a 45-year-old former teacher at Two Rivers Public Charter School in Washington, DC was arrested and accused of sexual abuse.

Meyer Was Arrested On January 1 2020. “Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Youth and Family Services Division, Physical and Sexual Abuse Branch, have announced an arrest has been made in connection with a First Degree Child Sexual Abuse offense that occurred in Washington, DC. From 2009 to 2014, the suspect engaged in a sexual acts with a minor victim. On Friday, January 1, 2021, pursuant to a DC Superior Court arrest warrant, 45 year-old Joan Meyer, of Warrensville, Heights, OH, was arrested and charged with First Degree Child Sexual Abuse.” [DC Police]

Meyer Claims She Did Not Break The Law. ““She denies that she broke the law,” her attorney, Jay Mykytiuk, said in an interview. “She maintains her innocence and we plan to mount a vigorous defense against the charges.” Mykytiuk declined to comment on specific allegations contained in the affidavit.” [Washington Post]

The Alleged Victim Met Meyer When He Was 12. “Police said the man told police he became involved with the teacher when he was 12 after meeting her at a Two Rivers potluck dinner. He told police the first sexual contact was in 2009, when he turned 14, and that it continued until he was 19.” [MSN]

Meyer’s Relationship With The Student, Identified As “Z.J.” Was Previously Under Investigation. “The department discovered the sexual relationship was the subject of two Youth Division investigations – one in 2010, the other in 2012. The first investigation revolved around students seeing Meyer and Z.J. walking together in an alley near the school, as well as the student kissing her on the cheek twice. Staff members gave statements in an internal school investigation, describing “intimate encounters” between the two.” [ABC 7]

Meyer Currently Works For  Shaker Heights City School District In Ohio. “Meyer, a library media specialist at Onaway Elementary School, was arrested in Washington, D.C. and charged with first degree child sexual abuse. … Shaker Heights City School District said Meyer was hired in August 2019 and she passed a Bureau of Criminal Investigation record check.” [News 5]

Shaker Heights Schools Sent A Letter To Parents About The Arrest. “According to a letter sent to parents, the superintendent said that Metropolitan Police Department of Washington, D.C. notified them about Joan Meyer on Friday. “While we cannot discuss the specifics of the case, we know it involves an improper relationship with a teenage student beginning in 2009. No part of these allegations involve the 16 months that Ms. Meyer has worked in the Shaker Heights Schools.”” [Fox 8]