Central Kentucky school employee offered a couple money to record sex, police allege

A Frankfort Independent elementary school employee has been charged with promoting prostitution after he allegedly agreed to give a homeless couple money if he could record them having sex.

According to a Frankfort police citation, Albert T. Wade, 36, an employee of Second Street School, was charged with promoting prostitution. Wade agreed to give a homeless couple money and two nights lodging at a Days Inn if they agreed to have sex while Wade recorded it, the citation said.

Interviewed by police on July 29 at Second Street school, Wade said he told the victims he was in the pornography industry and produced videos to post them on the internet. Wade said he agreed to pay the victims after the video was produced — $100 if the video made $200.

Wade later called police and said he did not intend to sell the video, the citation said.

The citation said police saw five videos that Wade filmed on July 24, one of which he physically participated in. Police said he recorded the homeless couple having sex strictly for self-gratification with no intent to pay them.

Wade was scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 23, according to court records.

Superintendent Sheri Satterly told the Herald-Leader that the primary goal in the Frankfort Independent Schools is always to guarantee the safety of students. She did not immediately say what Wade’s job was.

She provided a letter sent to families and staff saying that on July 29, the district was made aware of an open investigation involving an employee at Second Street School.

Throughout the investigation, the district cooperated fully with the Frankfort Police Department, Satterly said.

“Although the alleged incidents did not occur on school or district property, our facilities were used for parts of the investigation. These instances did not occur while students were in the building,” she said.

“The employee in question has not been in school buildings since before the first day of school for students. We are working with local law enforcement to determine next steps for us as a district,” Satterly said.

This story was originally published August 18, 2022 at 2:39 PM.