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PRESIDENT OF AN INDIANA COLLEGE IS FIRED AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH ALLEGED SEX CRIMES
January 20, 2020
Lauren Lumpkin
SF Gate
The former president of Franklin College in Indiana – who spent about seven years as a vice president at American University in Washington, D.C. – is facing charges related to child sex crimes after he allegedly attempted to meet a 15-year-old who turned out to be an undercover police officer.
The Indiana college fired Thomas Minar after school officials learned of his arrest in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, according to a statement from Franklin College. School leaders also announced plans to investigate Minar’s conduct while he was president.
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