After a Coos County grand jury indicted him on 30 felony counts of inciting child sex abuse, a former Coquille High School teacher is being held on a $200,000 bond.
Kory Sturgess, who was fired by the Coquille School District after his arrest in October, is charged with 15 counts of first-degree inciting child sex abuse and 15 counts of second-degree encouraging child sex abuse. The offense in the first degree is a Class B felony, whereas the charge in the second degree is a Class C felony.
The indictments were handed down by a grand jury on May 10, and three days later, once an arrest warrant was signed and processed, the Coquille Police Department began looking for Sturgess.
Officers from the Coquille Police Department and the Springfield Police Department collaborated on the same day to locate and apprehend Sturgess. He was transported back to Coos County and lodged in the Coos County Jail, where he remained as of Tuesday.
Sturgess was detained in October after a Coquille Police Department investigation indicated he was involved in fabricating images depicting minors in sexually explicit ways, according to an earlier report in The World.
Sturgess was arrested after police issued a search warrant at his residence.
Sturgess was a geometry and algebra teacher at Coquille High School at the time of his arrest. At the time, authorities said there was no evidence Sturgess had done anything wrong with the kids in the neighborhood.
Last known contact information:
Address: 714 E 4th St Coquille, OR 97423
Phone: (541) 895-2675
Email: ssturgess@hotmail.com
