TROY — A former Troy schools music teacher and assistant band director was ordered to spend 30 days in the Miami County Jail Monday, Dec. 22, after being convicted of misdemeanor contributing to the delinquency or unruliness of a minor.

Jared Wolfgang, 28, wearing a white shirt and tie, was handcuffed and led to the nearby jail following sentencing by Judge Lynnita "Kay" Wagner in county Juvenile Court. He faces another year in jail, time suspended Monday, if he fails to comply with conditions of three years of probation.

Wolfgang was arrested July 15 after a Meijer store employee called 911 to report an adult male "loving on" a young girl. Police said love letters and notes from that girl, a 15-year-old student, were found in Wolfgang's car.

He later pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of contributing to the delinquency or unruliness of a minor. Wolfgang has surrendered voluntarily his teaching license, defense lawyer Robert Huffman Jr., said, and has voluntarily attended sex offender counseling although the charges were not sex offenses.

Wolfgang termed his actions "inconsiderate and selfish" and said he was "sorry for the pain, hurt and problems" caused to the girl and her family.

In his first year of teaching at the Troy schools, Wolfgang was placed on leave May 8 while school officials investigated complaints by the girl's parents that he had been exchanging messages with her. He resigned later that month.

The girl did not attend the sentencing. Her mother, father and grandmother all spoke before sentencing, asking for the harshest sentence of 18 months in jail.

The girl's mother called Wolfgang a monster saying parents spend years telling children there aren't monsters under their beds or in closets. "They are real, but not hiding in our children's bedroom but ... in our children's school," she said.

The father said Wolfgang's intentions were clear. "I hope he understands how sick this is," the father said.

Family members thanked the Meijer employee for calling police, saying his actions no doubt helped stop escalation of the relationship. The judge agreed.

Wagner said she found it "disturbing" that Wolfgang continued contact with the girl after being told by school official to have no contact with her beyond that involved in teaching duties, and after he realized the behavior was illegal, unethical and he could lose his teaching license.

Wolfgang said he did not realize the possible consequences until he was placed on leave.

Terms of Wolfgang's probation also include paying a $250 fine and court costs, doing 25 hours of community service, having no similar offenses, completing sex offender treatment and avoiding contact of any kind with the girl and her family. He also must pay restitution for the girl's counseling bills.

"I believe without treatment you will not be a law abiding person ... I trust you will take your treatment to heart," Wagner said.

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