A teacher in a western Alaska village was arrested Thursday following an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse of a minor.
The Bethel Office of Children’s Services sent a report to Alaska State Troopers on April 21 regarding a teenager in the village of Kwigillingok who had allegedly been sexually abused by one of the village’s teachers.
Through the course of their investigation, troopers identified 31-year-old Michael Wier as the teacher. On Thursday, an arrest warrant was issued for Wier, who was taken to the Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center under a single charge of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor and held on a $50,000 bail.
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