Teacher Arrested for Alleged Sexual Abuse

A middle school teacher has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing one of his former students. Montgomery County Police charged 47-year-old Joseph Robert Ballmann with sexual abuse of a minor, third-degree sexual offense, and sexual solicitation of a minor. He was arrested at his home in Rockville on Wednesday night. Police say Ballmann engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with a now-15-year-old boy while the boy was in seventh and eighth grade at Robert Frost Middle School in Rockville. (more...)