LYNN HAVEN — A 17-year-old Mosley High School student has been arrested following the alleged sexual battery of a disabled student, the Lynn Haven Police Department (LHPD) announced Friday.
Jay D. Jordan, 17, was arrested after a LHPD investigation into reports of a sexual battery on a 17-year-old female student with a developmental disability at Mosley High School. Police said their investigation revealed Jordan allegedly forced a sexual act upon the girl on school grounds, during school hours.
Both students are mentally disabled, according to school officials.
“She’s not as developed mentally as the average 17-year-old,” said LHPD Chief David Messer. “But when she went home, she was obviously upset.”
Bay District Schools spokeswoman Karen Tucker declined to comment on the incident.
When police arrived at the home of the victim Thursday, the girl told officers Jordan had raped her in the school gym Tuesday. She said she didn’t want to go to the gym with Jordan during lunchtime, but he threatened her and she reluctantly went along. They then went into a vacant room near the gym, where Jordan forced himself upon her, she told police.
Her parents told police she didn’t say anything Tuesday, came home complaining of stomach pains Wednesday and went straight to her room Thursday without talking to her mother or father.
After the parents inquired into what was bothering the girl, they called the authorities.
Jordan, of Youngstown, was arrested and charged with sexual battery. He was then taken to the Department of Juvenile Justice Detention Center.
