The graduate student found guilty of attempted importuning and attempting to disseminate matter harmful to juveniles will be sentenced at 10 a.m. Feb. 10 at Maumee Municipal Court.
Christopher Drummond, 26, of McClure, Ohio, was found guilty Dec. 22 at Maumee Municipal Court. According to the Ohio Revised Code, attempted importuning is a felony and attempting to disseminate matter harmful to juveniles is both a misdemeanor and a felony, depending on the case.
The Whitehouse City prosecutor couldn't be reached for comment to clarify the charge in this case.
For attempted importuning, Drummond could serve up to one year in jail and receive a fine of $2,500.
Drummond and his lawyer, Adrian Cimerman, could not be reached for comment yesterday.
Dave Kielmeyer, senior director of communications at the University, said he couldn't comment on Drummond's educational records because of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. Kielmeyer said Drummond is no longer a student at the University, but he wouldn't elaborate any further on the issue. The Student Handbook stated penalties for these types of violations of student code range from warnings to expulsion.
Michael Ginsburg, associate dean of students, said the University hosts its own disciplinary hearings regardless of what happens in the court system. Students have the option of appealing this decision
Kielmeyer said the safety of students is the University's top priority.
"We do obviously review the credentials of all employees we hire whether they are graduates, administrators or faculty," he said.
A non-teaching graduate assistant, Drummond was a member of the biology department where he was studying to get his Ph.D. in molecular and cellular biology, according to the biology department's Web site.
Drummond was arrested by Whitehouse, Ohio, police on Dec. 3 after he talked online with a police officer posing as a 13-year-old female.
According to court documents, Drummond began instant messaging with the undercover officer on or around Oct. 3. During the conversations, he asked the "girl" to perform sexual acts. Drummond has no prior offenses.
According to the Ohio Revised Code, attempting importuning is when a person forcibly "solicits a person who is less than 13 years of age to engage in sexual activity with the offender, whether or not the offender knows the age of the person."
Drummond received his undergraduate and graduate degree from the University, according to the biology department's Web site.
Drummond's advisor in the biology department's was unable to be reached for comment.
Christopher Drummond, 26, of McClure, Ohio, was found guilty Dec. 22 at Maumee Municipal Court. According to the Ohio Revised Code, attempted importuning is a felony and attempting to disseminate matter harmful to juveniles is both a misdemeanor and a felony, depending on the case.
The Whitehouse City prosecutor couldn't be reached for comment to clarify the charge in this case.
For attempted importuning, Drummond could serve up to one year in jail and receive a fine of $2,500.
Drummond and his lawyer, Adrian Cimerman, could not be reached for comment yesterday.
Dave Kielmeyer, senior director of communications at the University, said he couldn't comment on Drummond's educational records because of the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act. Kielmeyer said Drummond is no longer a student at the University, but he wouldn't elaborate any further on the issue. The Student Handbook stated penalties for these types of violations of student code range from warnings to expulsion.
Michael Ginsburg, associate dean of students, said the University hosts its own disciplinary hearings regardless of what happens in the court system. Students have the option of appealing this decision
Kielmeyer said the safety of students is the University's top priority.
"We do obviously review the credentials of all employees we hire whether they are graduates, administrators or faculty," he said.
A non-teaching graduate assistant, Drummond was a member of the biology department where he was studying to get his Ph.D. in molecular and cellular biology, according to the biology department's Web site.
Drummond was arrested by Whitehouse, Ohio, police on Dec. 3 after he talked online with a police officer posing as a 13-year-old female.
According to court documents, Drummond began instant messaging with the undercover officer on or around Oct. 3. During the conversations, he asked the "girl" to perform sexual acts. Drummond has no prior offenses.
According to the Ohio Revised Code, attempting importuning is when a person forcibly "solicits a person who is less than 13 years of age to engage in sexual activity with the offender, whether or not the offender knows the age of the person."
Drummond received his undergraduate and graduate degree from the University, according to the biology department's Web site.
Drummond's advisor in the biology department's was unable to be reached for comment.
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WRITES and privacy act? Excellent reporting!!!
That would be Family Educational RIGHTS and Privacy Act