AFJROTC instructor charged with sex crime

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AFJROTC instructor charged with sex crime
By Seamus O’Connor - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Jan 24, 2008 14:17:17 EST

An Air Force JROTC instructor in South Carolina was charged Monday with sexually abusing a cadet in his Air Force Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps unit.

Master Sgt. Maxie Carroll Miller, a retired airman, was hired as an instructor at Broome High School in Spartanburg, S.C., 18 months ago, according to the Air Force. He was arrested Jan. 21 after a female cadet in his unit reported to police Miller had groped and kissed her at the high school.

According to an incident report by the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office, Miller asked the girl to help him in his office the morning of Jan. 18 while the other cadets lifted weights. Miller then tried to kiss the girl and groped her while the girl resisted.

As the girl was leaving the office, Miller told her that if she told any authorities about the incident, he would deny it, the report stated. The girl reported the incident to police Jan. 20 after speaking with her family about it.

Miller was charged with one count of assault with intent to commit criminal sexual conduct. He initially denied the allegations of misconduct, but later failed a polygraph test and “partially confessed” in a written statement, the report said.


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