Radnor-Area Teacher For Troubled Youth To Stand Trial July 31

ROSEMONT, PA – A former teacher for troubled youth at a Radnor Township facility will head to her trial next week to face nearly 70 counts related to child sex crimes.

Nina Scott, 29, of Downingtown, will stand trial at 9:30 a.m. on July 31 before Delaware County Judge Richard M. Cappelli after admitting to police in February that she had sexual contact with a student at theVillage in the Rosemont section of Radnor Township.

Scott 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.

The accusations and subsequent admission to the incidents led Scott to face 34 felony counts of institutional sexual assault of a minor, 34 counts of corruption of a minor, one felony count of concealment of the whereabouts of a child, and one count of interfering with with the custody of a committed person.

Scott was arrested on Jan. 31 after the victim's room at a Luzerne County youth services center was searched and 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.

"We received notification of an allegation of abuse against one of our staff members in October 2016 related to a former resident of our program," a statement issued Wednesday from theVillage said. "The staff member’s employment was immediately and indefinitely suspended without pay at that time."

The statement said that Scott was terminated in December.

"It was our initial understanding that the alleged incidents did not occur on our property as no criminal investigation was conducted on our campus," the statement reads. "This afternoon we learned from Radnor Township Police that they have reason to believe some alleged incidents did occur on school property."

In the statement, theVillage says authorities working on the case have the organization's "full support and complete cooperation."

Scott isn't the only employee of theVillage to be accused of crimes related to students.

Maya Danee Johnson, 35, of Philadelphia, was charged in February with corruption of minors and disorderly conduct after allegedly showing three juvenile students and one adult student "provocative" pictures of herself and a video of her masturbating, as well as being accused of flashing her buttocks students multiple times.

Johnson does not have a trial date set and had all charges except for corruption of minors dropped, according to court records.

Image via Radnor Township Police