Child Sex Charges Filed Against Troubled Youth Teacher from Chester County

By Max Bennett and Justin Heinze

A Chester County woman who teaches troubled youth in the Radnor area has been hit with 70 charges related to child sex abuse after admitting to having sexual contact with a 16-year-old student, Radnor Township Police said Wednesday.

Nina Scott, 28, of Downingtown, is a teacher at theVillage in Radnor's Rosemont section, police said. She has been charged with 34 felony counts of institutional sexual assault of a minor; 34 counts of corruption of minors; one count of felony concealment of the whereabouts of a child; and one count of interfering with the custody of a committed person, court records show.

Scott, who was arrested Tuesday, is accused of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old female student at the school for trauma stricken and behaviorally troubled youth between February and October 2016, according to Radnor Police.

Police said when the victim's room at a Luzerne County youth services center was searched, staff found a journal where the victim made romantic references about Scott and letters from Scott to the victim.

Scott and the victim initially denied their relationship to police, but Scott later admitted to having sexual contact with the victim inside theVillage and in Scott's car, according to police.

theVillage "provides child welfare, residential programs, mental health, and prevention services to children and families in Philadelphia and neighboring counties," according to its website. theVillage's Rosemont location offers residential services and outpatient therapy services and serves as its administrative headquarters.

A preliminary hearing has been set for Feb. 9.

Patch has reached out to theVillage for comment and will update the story when more information is available.

Image via Radnor Township Police