Poland Baptist school principal arrested on sexual battery charge
Staff report
POLAND
A township religious school principal was arrested Wednesday morning and faces a sexual battery charge.
Christopher Stivers, 31, of Idora Lane, Struthers, principal of Gospel Baptist School, Clingan Road, was arrested around 1:25 a.m. at the police department after questioning. He is charged with sexual battery of a 14-year-old girl, according to a police report. The charge is a third-degree felony.
A police report states that Stivers is in the Mahoning County jail.
Police Chief Brian Goodin said police received a call from the parents of the girl after she told them what happened.
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