Docs: Trafalgar man charged after exchange student ‘manipulated into sexual behavior’
TRAFALGAR, Ind. (WISH) — Investigators say a Trafalgar man gave alcohol and showed porn to a foreign exchange student in his care.
Enos Dotson, 53, faces charges of dissemination of matter harmful to minors and furnishing alcohol to a minor.
Court documents state the student felt he was being “manipulated into sexual behavior” by Dotson. He had told another student about it and that student told the counselor, who then contacted the Department of Child Services on August 19, 2021.
Investigators say Child Protective Services went to Dotson’s residence that same day and removed the student.
The Trafalgar Police Department started an investigation on September 15.
According to investigators, Dotson challenged the student to play a card game where the loser would have to take off a piece of clothing. He said Dotson saw him completely naked.
He also told investigators that Dotson encouraged him to make nude videos of himself and gave him alcohol.
The victim also said Dotson showed him a video of him touching himself.
Police say they got a search warrant for Dotson’s phone on October 6, 2021 and found a video matching the video described by the victim.
According to court documents, Dotson told investigators he had 16 or 17 foreign exchange students but it does not say over how long of a time period.
Charges were filed against Dotson on June 3.
Dotson has an initial court appearance scheduled for June 30.
Dotson worked as an instructional assistant at Pleasant Crossing Elementary and worked for an after school program.
Dr. Patrick Spray, superintendent of the Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation, sent News 8 this statement:
The Clark-Pleasant Community School Corporation was made aware Thursday, June 16, 2022, of the arrest of a Pleasant Crossing Elementary Instructional Assistant, who also worked for Honey Grove, our after school care program. He was arrested on a charge related to a former teenage foreign exchange student living at his residence in Trafalgar. Clark-Pleasant administrators/staff were not aware of the charges until the Daily Journal article dated June 16, 2022. Once administration was aware of these charges, the staff member was immediately placed on unpaid administrative leave pending further investigation and possible dismissal. As with all school corporation employees, this employee had undergone a criminal history background check, which did not produce any red flags. Police investigators stated they had been investigating him since September however none of the jurisdictions involved ever shared that information with the school corporation. To our knowledge this employee had never had any illegal contact with any Clark-Pleasant students however If you have any concerns please feel free to reach out to your building principal or the CPCSC Police Department at 317-535-3226. While no system is perfect, please know that as a school corporation we do everything possible to ensure our employees are legally vetted to be able to work with our students.
