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Reality Bites
I feel like this has been posted here, but I can't find it after searching his name.
A proactive mother seems to be the undoing of this creep.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article99350867.html#storylink=cpy
http://www.shelbystar.com/news/20160901/cop-accused-of-child-rape
A proactive mother seems to be the undoing of this creep.
Officer James Paul Blair, 51, of Gastonia, was charged with statutory rape of a child by an adult and was jailed on $1 million bail, jail records show. He was booked into the jail at about 2:30 p.m.
“We are encouraging the public to contact the SBI if they have relevant information or believe they may have had inappropriate contact with Blair,” said Audria Bridges, special agent in charge of the SBI’s Charlotte area office.
The SBI can be reached at 704-454-5264.
On Wednesday, Bridges said the SBI was investigating whether a Lowell officer had an “inappropriate relationship” with a minor.
Gaston County Police Chief Joseph Ramey requested the SBI investigation recently, Bridges said in a statement, “and a concurring request from (Gaston County) District Attorney Locke Bell was given.”
Blair was on leave because of a back injury, Observer news partner WBTV reported. He was suspended without pay on Thursday pending the outcome of the rape case.
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/crime/article99350867.html#storylink=cpy
Blair started working for Lowell Police Department in 2007.
He has been out on medical leave since June, but was suspended without pay this week because of the investigation.
Investigators say he also acted as a school resource officer at Holbrook Middle School.
The teen's mother said Blair seemed to get along with children in the area, and he began mentoring her daughter about three or four years ago.
Her daughter wants to be a police officer, so the woman said she was happy he took her under his wing.
Blair allegedly offered to take the teen and her younger brother on outings that included the officer's wife, but over time he started leaving the boy at home.
The woman said this year the relationship between the officer and her daughter took a visible turn.
Blair started driving down their street and flashing his lights and even brought her daughter snacks late at night, she said.
She began to press her daughter to find out more, and earlier this month, the teen told her mother she needed a pregnancy test, the woman said.
Doctors verified the pregnancy, and the woman said she started recording inappropriate texts between the two, she said.
In one text, the officer asked the girl to get an abortion, the woman said.
The woman said the middle-aged officer had inappropriate contact with her daughter at his home and in his patrol car.
http://www.shelbystar.com/news/20160901/cop-accused-of-child-rape