Former El Paso County music teacher and bus driver sentenced for sexual assault on a child
EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- The El Paso County Sheriff's Office (EPCSO) announced Thursday that a former music teacher and bus driver in El Paso County has been sentenced for Sexual Assault on a Child by One in a Position of Trust, Unlawful Sexual Contact, and Enticement of a Child.
According to EPCSO, 59-year-old Rover Gordon has been sentenced to two terms of six years confinement in the Department of Corrections to run consecutively for a total of 12 years. He was also sentenced to 20 years to life in the Sex Offender Intensive Supervision Program.
Gordon was arrested on April 13 after the El Paso County Sheriff's Office Special Victim's Unit (SVU) received a report of a sexual assault on a child on April 10. The parents of a 14-year-old boy found inappropriate text messages between their child and Gordon. The child was interviewed by a certified Forensic Interviewer and SVU obtained further evidence before arresting Gordon.
According to EPCSO, Gordon was a music teacher at the First United Pentecostal Church in Security-Widefield and served as a school bus driver for a couple of different school districts throughout El Paso County in the past.
