Former high school band director faces child sex charges
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By Mollie Halpern
Investigative Reporter
Published: August 12, 2008
A former band director from our area finds himself in trouble with the law tonight and out of a job.
34-year-old John Maddy was the band director at Narrows High School in Giles County.
Today (Tuesday, August 12th), he was arrested, and faces multiple charges in connection with having sex with one of his students.
Maddy had nothing to say as police escorted him to the New River Valley Regional jail.
Investigators say the former band director at Narrows High School had a sexual relationship with one of his female students between Valentines day and August 1st.
During that time, the student celebrated her 17th birthday, and deputies say the father of two gave her a card that said “I love you.“
One of Maddy’s former students says it’s hard to believe.
Bayliegh Bowles, an eighth grader at Narrows High School told us, “He was a nice teacher. He was nice when we had him at class and stuff, and it was just weird.“
The school district did not agree to an on-camera interview, saying this case is a personnel matter. But the assistant superintendent tells WSLS that Maddy is no longer employed by the school district.
Maddy faces 13 felony and five misdemeanor charges. They range from crimes against nature, sodomy, to taking indecent liberties with a child.
The sheriff’s office says they worked long hours on this case. Giles County Sheriff W. Morgan Millirons, says, “They’re (investigators) still working on it, and they’ll continue to work on it to make sure that everything goes the way they want it to. No rock will go unturned.“
Maddy is being held without bond and is expected in court later this week.
The school district tells us Maddy has not been replaced, but that band practice will continue as scheduled this week.
This is the second time in three years that a music teacher from Narrows High School has faced sex charges involving a student. In the previous case, the music director was also accused of starting a relationship on Valentine’s day. He was later found *not* guilty.
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Posted by ( wavebandfan ) on August 18, 2008 at 7:31 pm
This is a terrible situation that has done nothing but hurt our school, town, and students that loved being in Mr. Maddy’s class. The mistake he made was criminal, and there is no excuse for having sex with a sixteen year old girl-even if she “consented”. Giles County has one of the highest child abuse rates in the state-our children cannot even be safe from predators school.
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Posted by ( wavefan ) on August 15, 2008 at 7:16 am
“IF” it really happened?? Ugh,it says that he’s admitted to autorities that he had sex with her.It doesn’t take two when one is a grown man, and the other is a teenage girl.That’s a ridiculious comment.. He is a criminal,if he’s had to resist teenage girls,then maybe working at a high school wasn’t the right job for him! Luckily now,he doesn’t have that choice! Thank goodness,I have a daughter.I don’t want to have to worry about her when she’s in high school!That should be the last thing we should have to worry about with our kids..Obvioulsy, nothing is out of concern now,Thanks to teachers like him..
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Posted by ( wavefan ) on August 14, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Oh good grief fmcguire1951!! “IF” it really happened??Don’t u listen to the news?? He’s admitted to having sex.. no,it doesn’t take two in this kind of a situation! He’s a #$%#$% grown man!! That’s a ridiculious comment!Hellllooooooo!!! IT’S NOT HER FAULT.IT’S HIS.He was the grown-up, period!! Maybe if he can’t resist (gag me) teen girls, then ugh, maybe that wasn’t the job for him!!! If she was mine,I wouldn’t ever want him to see daylight again!she’s a kid.
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Posted by ( fmcguire1951 ) on August 14, 2008 at 7:22 am
I think ther should be a bond posted. Also a man is inocent until proven guilty. I have know John for a long time and he should not be jailed like a common crimminal. The old saying is it takes two. The teenager is just as guilty if it really happened.
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Posted by ( triumph110 ) on August 12, 2008 at 7:36 pm
This is happening all over the country. Go to www.schoolteachernews.com and click on the Scandal page. They have documented over 305 of these types of incidents since just the beginning of 2008.
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