A CULINARY ARTS TEACHER ON
THE NORTH SHORE UNDER ARREST.
ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING
A STUDENT.
A PARENT TOLD POLICE THAT
HAPPENED WHILE THE TEACHER AND
STUDENT WERE AT THE DENVER
SCHOOL.
GOOD EVENING.
JULI McDONALD IS IN DANVERS
TONIGHT WITH THE TEACHERS
NEIGHBORS ARE SHOCKED.
Reporter: ROBERT
VANDENBULCKE TEACHES HERE AT
NORTH SHORE AGRICULTURAL AND
TECHNICAL SCHOOL BUT HE LIVES
UP IN SALISBURY.
THAT IS WERE NEIGHBOR SAW
POLICE WAITING OUTSIDE HIS HOME
BEFORE HIS ARREST.
ROBERT VANDENBULCKE HAS BEEN
ABSENT FROM HIS CULINARY ARTS
CLASSROOM THE LAST WEEK PLACED
ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
HE WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY
ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING
A TEENAGE STUDENT AT SCHOOL.
IN THE SUSPECTS NEIGHBORHOOD
NEIGHBORS COULD SEE LAW
ENFORCEMENT WAITING BY HIS
HOME.
MY WIFE AND I NOTICED A
BLACK, BLACKED OUT PICKUP TRUCK
OUT FRONT AND HE ENDED UP
LEAVING AND CAME BACK AND WHEN
HE CAME BACK IT WAS HIM AND A
COUPLE POLICE OFFICERS THAT
WERE WITH HIM.
Reporter: IT WAS REPORTED BY
A CONCERNED PARENT.
IN A STATEMENT SCHOOL LEADERS
SAID THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING
OF OUR STUDENTS IS THE TOP
PARTY.
ESSEX TECH IS COOPERATING FULLY
WITH THE DANVERS POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THE SCHOOL HAS LAUNCHED ITS OWN
INVESTIGATION.
PARENTS AND THOSE WHO KNOW HIM
ARE EAGER TO FIND OUT DETAILS
OF THE CHARGES IN COURT.
HE IS A FAMILY MAN AND I
THINK THEY'VE BEEN THERE A LONG
TIME.
AND WELL KNOWN IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD.
DECENT PEOPLE.
AT LEAST I WOULD BE VERY
SURPRISED TO HEAR IT BUT THAT
IS USUALLY THE CASE, RIGHT?
Reporter: WE WILL LEARN MORE
