Sheriff: Soldier, coach had sex with students
Adults won't be charged because teens were old enough to consent
Greenwood, S.C. ? A National Guardsman who recruited at a high school and a former cheerleading coach are both accused of having sex with students, and the principal is charged with hindering the investigation, authorities said.
Former Ware Shoals High School coach Jill Moore, 28, took cheerleaders to a motel, where they met guardsmen for sex, according to Greenwood County sheriff’s reports released late Thursday.
Moore, a married mother of two, also is accused of having sex with a male student, according to the reports.
Because all the students involved were 16 or older, none of the adults will be charged because the teens were old enough to consent under state law, according to the reports.
Moore, however, is charged with supplying alcohol and cigarettes to students and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. She resigned this month.
Principal Jane Blackwell also is accused of telling cheerleaders and a school staff member not to talk about the allegations, authorities said. She was charged Monday with obstruction.
Two soldiers were suspended as part of the National Guard’s investigation. The Guard said in a news release Friday that its investigation was continuing.
The sheriff’s reports state Moore was having an affair with Sgt. 1st Class Thomas Fletcher, 29, whom she met through the school.
Last year, Moore told two cheerleaders she was taking them to visit a prospective college, the reports said. Instead, they went to a motel where she met Fletcher in one room, and gave the cheerleaders vodka and put them in a room with Sgt. Jeremy Pileggi, according to the reports.






