DURHAM -- An Ajax elementary school teacher accused of attempting to lure a teenaged girl for sex remains in custody after being denied bail.
Raymond Hubbard, 52, appeared by video link for the lengthy bail hearing in Oshawa Thursday, Jan. 7, standing against a cinder block wall in a police station with his shoulders slumped and his head hanging. He wept and wiped his eyes as a prosecutor read into the record allegations against him.
A publication ban covers evidence presented at the hearing and justice of the peace Carol Allison’s reasons for denying Mr. Hubbard’s bid for release pending trial. Mr. Hubbard is scheduled to appear in an Oshawa court by video Jan. 11.
Mr. Hubbard, of Barrett Crescent, was arrested on Wednesday at Terry Fox Public School, where he teaches Grade 1. The arrest took place around 5 p.m., after students had left for the day, said Durham police Sergeant Bill Calder.
It’s alleged Mr. Hubbard engaged in online conversations with an undercover Durham police officer posing as a 14-year-old girl; those conversations led to a suspect making arrangements to meet for a sexual encounter, police said.
A tip led local police to launch an investigation, Sgt. Calder said. (more...)
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