Frankfort teacher faces felony charges over explicit message with student
Apr 14, 2025
Frankfort teacher arrested for sending inappropriate video
FRANKFORT, Ind. (WISH) — A teacher at Frankfort High School faces two felony charges after inappropriate communication with a student, according to the school district, the prosecutor and the police.
The Clinton County Prosecutor’
s Office filed an probable cause affidavit Monday afternoon in Clinton Circuit Court 1. The prosecutor shared the affidavit with News 8.
Frankfort Police Department arrested Drew Akridge, 27, on Monday in Lafayette. The department says he was charged with low-level felony counts of dissemination of matter harmful to minors, and attempt to commit possession of child pornography.
Police shared a photo of the arrest on social media.
Akridge was taken to jail on a “no bond” warrant, police say.
Akridge was put on administrative leave during the investigation following of the allegations, the Frankfort Community school district announced Sunday. The Frankfort School Board on Monday night canceled the remainder of Akridge’s contact.
Akridge’s profile on the district’s website has been removed, but had showed he was a math teacher, and an assistant coach for the varsity football team.
The district said the Frankfort Police Department gave a cyber-awareness presentation April 4 at the high school, and a student afterward confided in another teacher about the relationship.
The partially redacted court document says the allegations surfaced on April 4, when a student reported to a another teacher that she had been communicating with Akridge via Snapchat. This information was subsequently relayed to the school’s principal, who contacted law enforcement.
The court document nor the school district named the student.
Frankfort Police Department interviewed the student on April 11, the affidavit said. She said that in the fall of 2024, when she was 17 years old, she received a video from Akridge via Snapchat. The video showed explicit content. The affidavit further detailed that, after sending the video, Akridge requested the student send a video of herself engaging in explicit conduct.
A redacted paragraph in the affidavit read, “Akridge stated” with the rest of the paragraph covered in black.
Public online court records on Tuesday afternoon did not show a case for Akridge.
Drew Akridge (Provided Photo/Clinton County Sheriff’s Office App)
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