Sheriff: Veteran ‘Teacher of the Year’ Arrested, Accused of Grooming 15-Year-Old Boy for Sex

An undercover investigation has resulted in the arrest of a one-time state “Teacher of the Year.”

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the sheriff’s office of Harford County, Maryland, just north of Baltimore, announced the arrest of 61-year-old Dennis Jutras, who stands accused of soliciting sex from a police detective posing online as a 15-year-old boy.

Jutras contacted the supposed teen first, according to the sheriff’s office.

“During the online interactions, the suspect, later identified as Jutras, initiated a conversation with the undercover detective. Jutras identified himself as an educator with Baltimore City Public Schools. Further investigation revealed that he had taught at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute for many years before becoming an administrator within the Baltimore City school system,” the sheriff’s office stated in a Facebook post.

Then, the former standout educator allegedly began grooming his underage target.

“Jutras initiated conversations that were sexually charged, intimate, and included inappropriate sexual