Charges dropped against Ohio principal

January 8, 2014 at 12:45p.m.

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The case of an eastern Ohio elementary school official charged after an investigation into the rape of a 16-year-old girl in 2012 has been resolved without a trial.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine says Lynnett Gorman, Steubenville elementary school principal, will perform community service related to rape awareness in lieu of prosecution.

DeWine said today that a misdemeanor charge of failing to report child abuse or neglect will be dropped in June if Gorman completes her service.

A message was left with Gorman’s attorney, Dennis McNamara, who has said Gorman was accused of failing to report a teen sex and drinking party in April 2012 unrelated to the rape of the West Virginia girl.

McNamara says Gorman learned about the party second- or third-hand.