A Freeport School District elementary school teacher and volleyball coach is now facing several counts for alleged sexual assault of a minor.
Police say 50-year-old Jared Lampus of Sarver began sexually assaulting a 16-year-old in July 2023 after meeting the victim at a volleyball training event through a Pittsburgh Elite Volleyball event.
Lampus told the victim he could improve their volleyball skills with one on one training and the victim could shadow him at work as a school teacher.
Charging documents say the assaults happened in Allegheny, Armstrong, and Butler Counties gyms, Lampus’s home in Sarver, and in Lampus’s classroom in 2024.
He’s facing several charges including rape, indecent assault, Sexual Assault by Sports Official. Lampus is being held in the Butler County Prison for $500,000 bond, a preliminary hearing has been scheduled for August 26.
The investigation is ongoing and any with information is asked to contact State Police in Kittanning at 724-543-2011 and refer to incident PA25-966621.
