MCPS Security Team Leader at RM charges with Sex Offense

[Anonymous]

Keeps getting better, might be time to move.

Montgomery County Public School Security Team Leader Charged with Sex Offense
Posted on 04/06/2017
Detectives from the Montgomery County Police Department – Special Victims Investigations Division (SVID) have arrested and charged Mark Christopher Yantsos, age 57, of the 600 block of Warfield Drive in Rockville, for having inappropriate contact with a 17-year-old female Richard Montgomery High School student while he worked as the security team leader at the school. The Montgomery County Public Schools system placed Yantsos on administrative leave as soon as it learned of these allegations.

On Monday, April 3, SVID detectives were notified by school officials that a Montgomery County Public Schools employee had engaged in an ongoing sexual relationship with a student at the high school where he worked.

SVID detectives interviewed the victim who told investigators that she met Yantsos while she was a student at Richard Montgomery High School and while he worked as part of the school security team at the school. The victim stated that Yantsos befriended her in 2016 and that he purchased multiple gifts for her since that time. In March of 2017, Yantsos bought the victim a phone in order to communicate with her during and after school hours.

The victim further stated that on March 3, 2017 at approximately 10:00 p.m., Yantsos drove to her home, picked her up, and drove her to a hotel in Rockville where he engaged in inappropriate contact with her.

Investigators were provided with copies of inappropriate text messages that Yantsos had recently sent to the victim.

Yantsos was arrested this morning at his home on the strength of a Montgomery County criminal warrant, charging him with sexual abuse of a minor and a fourth-degree sex offense. He was transported to the Central Processing Unit. Bond information is not available at this time.

Detectives are requesting that parents of students who attend Richard Montgomery High School talk to their children about their interactions with Mark Christopher Yantsos and contact SVID detectives at 240-773-5400 if they believe their child was victimized.

[Anonymous]

amazing, after two weeks how quickly the shock wears off of these things.

[Anonymous]

This is nuts... I have been seriously thinking of upgrading to a nice area of Rockville recently but all the schools seem out of control.

[Anonymous]

Sigh. So how did this news come out? Did MCPS announce it or did the police, or what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sigh. So how did this news come out? Did MCPS announce it or did the police, or what?

I'm not OP, but I'll bet you a lot of money this was the Police not MCPS. For teh Rockville rape, the Police annoujnced it the day after (on a Friday). It took MCPS until Sunday night to make a statement, and that was only after it made national news.

Now I'l go check what OP's source is. Let me see if I owe you money or not

[Anonymous]

10:58 here. My wallet is intact. Police:
http://www.mymcpnews.com/2017/04/06/montgomery-county-public-school-security-team-leader-charged-with-sex-offense/

[Anonymous]

If you dont' want your blood to boil further, stop reading now..

The person arrested today already had a record in NYC. Read the bottom of this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/15/nyregion/police-sergeant-is-arrested-in-a-beating-at-a-store.html

Does MCPS not Google potential hires before hiring them?

[Anonymous]

MCPS just posted a press release: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=5046&type=current&startYear=&pageNumber=&mode

Doesn't state how he managed to get hired when already having a record.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you dont' want your blood to boil further, stop reading now..

The person arrested today already had a record in NYC. Read the bottom of this article:
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/15/nyregion/police-sergeant-is-arrested-in-a-beating-at-a-store.html

Does MCPS not Google potential hires before hiring them?

Jesus Christ!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:10:58 here. My wallet is intact. Police:
http://www.mymcpnews.com/2017/04/06/montgomery-county-public-school-security-team-leader-charged-with-sex-offense/

Unclear. It sounds like the letter to the school community came first, then the MCPD announcement, then the MCPS announcement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS just posted a press release: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=5046&type=current&startYear=&pageNumber=&mode

Doesn't state how he managed to get hired when already having a record.

It's unclear whether he had "a record." The menacing charge was a misdemeanor and I don't think those are included in the application form.

They SHOULD be, and it seems clear to me that he would have been in much more legal trouble had he not been a NYPD officer at the time, but if we assume that misdemeanor was his only offense, I can see why MCPS didn't pick it up in a background check.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sigh. So how did this news come out? Did MCPS announce it or did the police, or what?

I'm not OP, but I'll bet you a lot of money this was the Police not MCPS. For teh Rockville rape, the Police annoujnced it the day after (on a Friday). It took MCPS until Sunday night to make a statement, and that was only after it made national news.

Now I'l go check what OP's source is. Let me see if I owe you money or not

Don't worry, PP, I'm not going to take your hard-earned money

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS just posted a press release: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=5046&type=current&startYear=&pageNumber=&mode

Doesn't state how he managed to get hired when already having a record.

It's unclear whether he had "a record." The menacing charge was a misdemeanor and I don't think those are included in the application form.

They SHOULD be, and it seems clear to me that he would have been in much more legal trouble had he not been a NYPD officer at the time, but if we assume that misdemeanor was his only offense, I can see why MCPS didn't pick it up in a background check.

I don't buy that. I'm a landlord and when I get a new tenant, the service I use for credit checks includes a criminal check for free. Last time around, it showed the applicant had a misdemeanor drunk in public charge.

If I as a regular citizen paying $30 can get that much detail, surely MCPS can get that much.

Besides, why didn't they just type the guy's name into Google? The source is reliable -- New York Times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:10:58 here. My wallet is intact. Police:
http://www.mymcpnews.com/2017/04/06/montgomery-county-public-school-security-team-leader-charged-with-sex-offense/

Unclear. It sounds like the letter to the school community came first, then the MCPD announcement, then the MCPS announcement.

I have a child there and have no emails..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MCPS just posted a press release: http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/press/index.aspx?pagetype=showrelease&id=5046&type=current&startYear=&pageNumber=&mode

Doesn't state how he managed to get hired when already having a record.

It's unclear whether he had "a record." The menacing charge was a misdemeanor and I don't think those are included in the application form.

They SHOULD be, and it seems clear to me that he would have been in much more legal trouble had he not been a NYPD officer at the time, but if we assume that misdemeanor was his only offense, I can see why MCPS didn't pick it up in a background check.

And we don't even know if he was convicted...