WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A fired Wichita teacher and recent city council candidate has been charged with sex crimes with a teenage student.
The Wichita Eagle reports that 39-year-old Rodney Wren made a first appearance Monday on three counts of having unlawful sexual relations with a student 16 or older in 2015.
At the time, the girl was attending Wichita Collegiate School, where Wren taught debate and forensics. Police began investigating when the girl reported the allegations last month. Head of School Nathan Washer said in an email that Wren was terminated when Collegiate learned of his arrest Friday.
Wren’s lawyer, John Rapp, said in an email that his client “hopes that our community will withhold judgment until he has had an opportunity to tell his side of the story in Court.”
Wren also was among candidates who challenged Wichita City Council member Becky Tuttle in the November election. He also ran for the Kansas House of Representatives District 83 seat in 2012 but dropped out.
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