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Martial arts instructor pleads guilty to sexual misconduct with underage student
Bob Kasarda [email protected], 219-548-4345
37-46 minutes
VALPARAISO — A 25-year-old Gary woman pleaded guilty Monday morning to sexual misconduct with one of her martial arts students beginning when the girl was 13.
Malary Jones will be sentenced to five years in prison, with all but time served suspended and served on formal probation if the proposed plea agreement is accepted July 8 by Porter Superior Court Judge Roger Bradford.
She will also be required to register as a sex offender and undergo HIV testing, according to the proposed agreement.
Jones pleaded guilty to a felony count of sexual misconduct with a minor in return for prosecutors dropping a second felony count of child molesting.
The allegations came to light in April 2018 when the girl confided in a school counselor, police said. Jones was a karate/taekwondo instructor at a studio in Portage and the girl was a student when the reported molestation began in July 2016.
"(The girl) advised that she did not want to have sex with Jones, but did not want to be rude," according to charging documents. "(The girl) advised that she would make excuses not to have sex with Jones, however Jones would become angry when she did."
Jones was 22 and the girl was 13 when the incidents began, police said.
nwitimes.com
Martial arts instructor pleads guilty to sexual misconduct with underage student
Bob Kasarda [email protected], 219-548-4345
37-46 minutes
VALPARAISO — A 25-year-old Gary woman pleaded guilty Monday morning to sexual misconduct with one of her martial arts students beginning when the girl was 13.
Malary Jones will be sentenced to five years in prison, with all but time served suspended and served on formal probation if the proposed plea agreement is accepted July 8 by Porter Superior Court Judge Roger Bradford.
She will also be required to register as a sex offender and undergo HIV testing, according to the proposed agreement.
Jones pleaded guilty to a felony count of sexual misconduct with a minor in return for prosecutors dropping a second felony count of child molesting.
The allegations came to light in April 2018 when the girl confided in a school counselor, police said. Jones was a karate/taekwondo instructor at a studio in Portage and the girl was a student when the reported molestation began in July 2016.
"(The girl) advised that she did not want to have sex with Jones, but did not want to be rude," according to charging documents. "(The girl) advised that she would make excuses not to have sex with Jones, however Jones would become angry when she did."
Jones was 22 and the girl was 13 when the incidents began, police said.
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Martial arts instructor accused of having sexual relationship with teen
Posted 5:57 PM, July 19, 2018, by WGN Web Desk
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GARY, Ind. — A martial arts instructor in Gary is charged with molesting a child.
Malary Jones is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
The girl was a student at the Portage Martial Arts studio where Jones taught.
In April, she told a school counselor she had been involved in an inappropriate relationship with Jones for about 15 months.
According to court documents, Jones admitted to police that she had sex with the girl on multiple occasions.
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Martial arts instructor accused of having sexual relationship with teen
Posted 5:57 PM, July 19, 2018, by WGN Web Desk
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.
GARY, Ind. — A martial arts instructor in Gary is charged with molesting a child.
Malary Jones is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old girl.
The girl was a student at the Portage Martial Arts studio where Jones taught.
In April, she told a school counselor she had been involved in an inappropriate relationship with Jones for about 15 months.
According to court documents, Jones admitted to police that she had sex with the girl on multiple occasions.
Filed in: News