Child sex assault allegations surface after former Commerce City teacher charged
Past students of a former Commerce City coach in recent months charged with sexual assault on a minor alleged years ago when they were in the sixth grade their trainer reported them explicit details about her sex life demonstrated them naked pictures and sexually assaulted one of the children according to Commerce City Police records Prosecutors charged -year-old Michelle McMillan with sexually assaulting an underage trainee nine years ago when the attendee was in sixth grade the th Judicial District Attorney s Office announced in a press release Tuesday McMillan turned herself into the Adams County Detention Facility on Sunday after detectives with the Commerce City and Brighton police departments sexual assault task force issued a warrant for her arrest In McMillan s arrest affidavit police describe how McMillan s former students now in their s from Landmark Academy in Commerce City s Reunion neighborhood lately came forward confessing their lecturer s alleged inappropriate behavior When the former students who were not identified in the police document identified out McMillan was still teaching at Belleview Christian School in Westminster they mentioned they felt compelled to share their stories to prevent her from working with children Belleview Christian School did not right now respond when inquired how long McMillan had been teaching at the school and what her employment status was She was not listed as a mentor on the school s website on Thursday Two former students communicated police that in when they were in the sixth grade McMillan was their professor and favored them The affidavit announced McMillan bought the boys candy and soda and allowed them to talk in class and skip their school work McMillan inquired the boys to eat lunch in her classroom with her nearly every day for months the document disclosed where she would allegedly share sexually explicit stories about her life and show them naked photos of men she claimed to be seeing and sexually explicit photos of herself Related Articles Former Commerce City facilitator charged with sexual assault on a minor Former Denver guide detected guilty of giving pot brownies to middle school students Sexual assault charges dropped against Colorado youth ski coach One of the former students disclosed McMillan selected him to dress up as the school mascot for a basketball competition and had him change into the costume in her room the affidavit stated According to the document McMillan locked her classroom door closed the blinds and communicated the boy to take off his clothes The former trainee notified police McMillan then sexually assaulted him and forced him to touch her as well McMillan faces a charge of felony sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust Investigators conducted an exhaustive probe into the allegation and issued a warrant for McMillan s arrest last week police revealed Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day
