Jury: Shop teacher not guilty of sex crimes

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Charles Douglas Klea

By KCBY.com staff

Story Published: Aug 10, 2010 at 4:01 PM PST

NORTH BEND, Ore. - A jury found a shop teacher accused of sex crimes not guilty at the conclusion of a three-day trial.

A grand jury indicted Charles Douglas Klea in January, charging the Pacific High School shop teacher with official misconduct and prostitutions after a female student went to school officials. The accusations sparked an investigation, and Klea was placed on administrative leave.

Klea later went to trial on charges including felony attempted use of a child in a display of sexual conduct.

But after a three-day trial, a jury took only one hour to return verdicts of not guilty on all counts.

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