By Francesca Jarosz
Posted: September 23, 2008
An employee at a Near-Eastside residential treatment facility for youths with behavioral challenges was arrested Monday on a warrant charging that he had sex with a 16-year-old girl at the facility.
Robert A. Robinson, 24, 8400 block of Rothbury Drive, faces two counts of child seduction, according to Marion County electronic court records.
Robinson initially was arrested Aug. 17, after the girl told police they had consensual sex the night before in a bathroom at Resource Treatment Center, 1404 S. State Ave., according to the written police report of the incident.
Under Indiana law, it is illegal for guardians, adoptive parents, stepparents, custodians or child-care workers of a 16- or 17-year-old to have sex with the child, even with consent.
Resource Treatment Center provides in-patient residential treatment for young people ages 8 to 20 who have been involved with the juvenile justice system or have extensive mental health and legal histories, according to the facility's Web site. It was unclear from the police report what Robinson's job was at the facility.
Calls to the center's administrator and chief executive officer were not returned Monday, and other employees referred questions about the incident to the CEO.
Robinson was released from jail Aug. 26, eight days after his initial arrest. On Sept. 10, electronic court records show, the court clerk was ordered to issue a warrant for Robinson's arrest and to order that he have no bond because he violated certain conditions of his release.
The police report shows he was arrested at his home Monday morning and had a court appearance later that day.
He was being held without bond in the Marion County Arrestee Processing Center late Monday. His next court appearance is Thursday, records say.
If convicted, Robinson would face six months to three years in prison and as much as $10,000 in fines.
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