Former Kentucky high school teacher indicted on child sex crime charges
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- Indicted on computer-based sex solicitation counts and one tampering charge.
- Indictment alleges communications with two minors in 2023 with specific date ranges.
- Arrested April 1; resigned after state police probe; arraigned April 8 in Pike County.
A former Kentucky high school teacher was indicted and arrested recently on multiple child sex crime charges.
Zachary Hill, 35, of Pikeville, was indicted March 5 on two counts of using a computer or communications system for the purpose of procuring or promoting the use of a minor for unlawful sexual activity and one count of tampering with physical evidence. According to court documents, he was arrested April 1 after officials discovered he had a warrant while he was paying a fine at the Pike County Judicial Center.
Hill is a former teacher at Shelby Valley High School, according to TV station WYMT. The news station also reported he worked as a bus driver and softball coach.
According to the indictment, Hill was in a position of authority or special trust when he communicated with two minors for the purpose of “procuring or promoting certain prohibited sexual activity.” He allegedly communicated with one minor from March 1, 2023, to May 31, 2023, and the second victim from Aug. 7, 2023, to Sept. 20, 2023.
Hill also allegedly damaged evidence, according to the indictment. He resigned after state police began investigating the allegations, according to WYMT.
Hill is scheduled to be arraigned April 8 in Pike Circuit Court April 8. He is currently lodged in the Pike County Detention Center.
