McKeesport Area School District cuts ties with security firm after guard charged with sexually assaulting high school student
MCKEESPORT, Pa. (KDKA) -- The McKeesport Area School District cut ties with a security firm after a guard was accused of having a sexual relationship with a high school student.
Word of 24-year-old Alexis Brown's arrest spread fast in the McKeesport community. Brown walked the halls as a security guard inside the high school vowing to keep the students safe. Instead, police say, she used her status to target a 17-year-old student.
At Thursday night's board meeting, the board voted to end the contract with Homeland Intelligence and Protective Services.
Allegheny County police said their investigation into Brown began on Dec. 4. According to the criminal complaint, the victim told police Brown first reached out to him on Facebook Messenger and told him that she made a bet with her friends that she would be the first to have sex with him. Police said she eventually invited him over to her apartment.
The victim told police he met Brown at her apartment for the first time on May 12, and he met her for sex more than a dozen times, according to court paperwork.
While police were searching Brown's home, they said they also found a 9 mm pistol that had been stolen from the city of Pittsburgh.
Brown is charged with institutional sexual assault, corruption of minors and unlawful contact with minors. She was also charged with receiving stolen property in connection with the stolen gun. She was arrested Monday evening and is being held in the Allegheny County Jail pending her preliminary arraignment.
The school board decided to cut ties with Homeland Intelligence and Protection Services of McDonald when allegations of the sexual abuse arose. Thursday night they voted unanimously to accept the security firm's resignation. KDKA-TV was told the company will stay on for another 60 days while the district looks for a new one.
