Former western IA teacher pleads not guilty to sex abuse charges
April 22nd, 2015 by Ric Hanson
A former Underwood Middle School teacher has pleaded not guilty to sexual abuse charges. According a report in the Daily NonPareil, court records show 46-year old Barret Glasnapp pleaded not guilty to four counts of third-degree sexual abuse and seven counts of sexual exploitation by a school employee. Glasnapp, a middle school social studies teacher, was employed by the Underwood district from September 1994 until his resignation on Nov. 6th, 2014.
The alleged victim, a female student, reported that she and Glasnapp had been exchanging text messages since she was in the seventh grade and that her last contact with Glasnapp was on Oct. 29th, 2014. The victim told investigators that the messages turned sexual in nature when she was 13 years old and a student in the eighth grade.
The victim alleges that Glasnapp touched her inappropriately and kissed her for the first time in his classroom during her ninth-grade year when she was 15 years old. Cellphone records subpoenaed by the Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office indicated there were more than 2,600 text messages between Glasnapp and the victim between June 15, 2013, and Dec. 31, 2013. Records indicated an additional 120 text messages exchanged between Glasnapp and the victim in 2014.
Glasnapp is currently free on a $10,000 bond pending trial, which is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on June 2nd.