Ex-Hoke coach faces indecent liberties charges
A coach at East Hoke Middle School faces charges that he took indecent liberties with two students, authorities said Friday.
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Jervon Edward Robinson, 35, of 2804 Carolina Church Road in Parkton, was arrested in Raleigh on Thursday and is charged with two counts of indecent liberties with a student and one count each of indecent liberties with a child and sexual battery. He was being held in the Wake County jail under a $750,000 bond.
According to an arrest warrant, an alleged incident took place in January 2014, when Robinson touched or rubbed the legs and behind of a female student at East Hoke Middle.
Hoke County authorities said a second student alleged that Robinson molested her in December 2013.
Authorities said Robinson was a teaching assistant and coached the boys basketball team at the school from August 2013 to February 2014.
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