Overview
- Federal authorities arrested Elliot Pritt, a Fayette County high school teacher and assistant House majority leader, on a federal count of enticement of a minor after a criminal complaint was filed Wednesday.
- The complaint and the victim’s family say the contact began on the game platform Roblox, moved to Snapchat, included exchanges of explicit images, and led to repeated in-person meetings on school grounds.
- Investigators allege the in-person encounters involved at least five to ten instances of physical contact and that Pritt pressured the student not to report the relationship.
- House Speaker Roger Hanshaw has called for Pritt’s immediate resignation while the legislative office says the delegate remains in office unless he resigns or the full House takes formal removal action.
- Fayette County Schools says it will cooperate with investigators and the allegation highlights risks when adults with classroom access use online platforms to contact students, a dynamic that could prompt policy and oversight reviews.