Ex-teacher to serve 4 years for sex abuse
JIM CHAPMAN | The Journal Gazette
A former teacher has been ordered to serve four years of a six-year prison sentence for sexual misconduct with a girl at a defunct Fort Wayne charter school.
Eric M. Gerdes, 40, pleaded guilty in October in Allen Superior Court to felony sexual misconduct with a minor.
Judge David Zent on Monday sentenced Gerdes to six years – with two years suspended – and two years probation. Additional charges of sexual misconduct, child molesting, vicarious sexual gratification and dissemination of matter harmful to minors were dismissed as part of the plea deal.