CHICAGO (AP) - A former JROTC instructor at a Chicago high school has been charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old student, police and prosecutors said this week.
Chicago police arrested Brian Travis on Wednesday morning at O’Hare International Airport. Prosecutors said Travis was set to take a flight to Mexico.
The 46-year-old former Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instructor is charged with criminal sexual assault and misdemeanor assault.
Travis remained in jail without bail on Friday. It’s not clear if he has an attorney.
Cook County prosecutors told WLS-TV that Travis and the victim met at Roosevelt High School. They said Travis soon began texting her and later assaulted her multiple times.
“The victim would confide in the defendant on subjects concerning her health and her relationships,” Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy said. “The defendant asked the victim if she wanted to be a sugar baby and if she wanted him to be her sugar daddy.”
Media outlets reported that Travis was a junior ROTC instructor at the school until June then moved to a role at the Chicago Public School district’s ROTC office.
Michael Passman, a spokesman for the district, told The Chicago Sun-Times that Travis was removed from his position on Dec. 3 after the allegations surfaced.
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